Lovely aromas of crunchy red apples, a burst of minerality followed by buttery brioche. Full-flavoured with a lively and creamy mousse, layers of red berry fruit, dried apricots, wild herbs, white truffle and sea spray on the long finish, which is tinged with crushed almonds. A 56% Pinot Noir blend and 44% Chardonnay with 8 g/L of residual sugar. Aged a minimum of two years on the lees. 11,000 cases of this run were produced.

Gorgeously pretty in a salmon hue, the MV Brut Rose is a blend of 56% Pinot Noir and 44% Chardonnay given additional complexity from 10 to 15% oak-aged wines from the estate's reserve cellars. Disgorged in May 2023. It has a dosage of 8 grams per liter and is delightfully precise in nature, fully balanced between red fruit and acidity, with a rounded mid-palate and enduring finesse to the mousse. The acidity and structure are solidly impressive and should give the wine plenty of time to age through 2035, if not beyond.

Strawberry with hints of white peach and some bread dough. Perfumed. Hints of cotton candy. Medium body. Fine bubbles. Flavorful finish. Reserved at the end giving it focus. A blend of 56% pinot noir and 44% chardonnay. 2019 base. Three years on yeast. 8.5g/L dosage.

The new release of the Roederer Estate non-vintage Brut Rosé is from the base year of 2021 and was disgorged in January of 2024. It is crafted this year from the same blend as last year: fifty-six percent pinot noir and forty-four percent chardonnay and was finished with a dosage of eight grams per liter. As I mentioned last year, the pale salmon color of the wine is attained by the addition of a small percentage of still pinot noir in the blend. The wine’s aromatic constellation is precise and classy, wafting from the glass in a mix of peach, melon, white soil tones, rye bread and a gently smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, complex and very nicely balanced, with a good core, fine mineral undertow, elegant mousse and a long, vibrant finish. Good juice.