MÉTHODE CAP CLASSIQUE BLANC ROSé

Vintage 2017

WINEMAKING

This prestige cuvée Méthode Cap Classique (MCC) sparkling-wine is a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes. The grapes were carefully selected for best quality and hand-picked in the cool early hours of the morning. A slow and gentle whole-bunch press was done on the grapes and only the first press fraction (cuvée) / best juice was used from each batch. After settling, the juice was racked and inoculated with yeast for the alcoholic fermentation, and thereafter full malolactic fermentation was completed on all the base wines.

 Blended and bottled in 2017, our Aristea MCC Rosé undergoes a lengthy secondary bottle fermentation and maturation period of a minimum of 24 – 36 months on the lees before disgorgement 

TASTING NOTES

The 2017 MCC Rosé has a beautiful salmon-pink colour with fresh summer berries on the nose and hints of redcurrants, cherries and wild strawberries to entice you. The front of mouth is fresh and crisp, slightly richer on the mid-palate with balanced fruit flavours throughout. The soft-whispering, discreet bubbles caress the palate, which fills out elegantly into a smooth, creamy texture to give you a mouth-watering finish that will make you call out for a second glass.