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The 1988 rosé has benefitted from 28 years of ageing in the DP cellars. With that time in bottle comes notes of dried flowers, cherries, cranberries, orange peel, pastry, gingerbread, honeysuckle, tobacco and smoke.
The palate meanwhile, is “tense, incisive, serous and silky”, according to Geoffroy, while the finish is firm and fruity, with an appealing satiny to it. Still youthful for its years, like Celine Dion’s heart, it will go on... 1: Boerl & Kroff Brut Rosé magnum – £3,690 Topping our list is the hyper exclusive Brut Rosé from Boërl & Kroff, Founded in 1995 by Stephane Sesé and Patrick Sabaté in
collaboration with Drappier, Boërl & Kroff’s collection is only bottled in magnum.
Aiming to make the best Champagnes in the world, just 3,000 bottles across the range are produced each year, though some years 6,000 75cl bottles of Boërl & Kroff’s ‘B’ range are released when the magnums are kept back.
Sesé and Sabaté have been given access to grapes grown in Drappiers three prime vineyards – Les Égrillés, Le Montouillet and La Belle Haie.
A small proportion of the blend is fermented in oak and yields are kept to a minimum to ensure the highest quality possible. The rosé is made from a blend of Pinot Noir and Meunier and is highly concentrated and intense in character.
So there you have it. If you’d like any help getting hold of a bottle of any of these gems please do drop me a line. I can’t promise anything, some of these gems are in very limited quantities indeed and will have been snapped up.
Happy Holidays
Jerome Harlington
Founder and CEO Trailblazing Wine, a part of the Harlington Wine family. jerome@trailblazingwine.com
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