September 14, 2018

NICOLAS FEUILLATTE Brut Rosé NV

(Champagne, France) $40

Creamy and minerally, with a beautiful burst of red fruit coming up through the center, the Nicolas Feuillatte (FOY-yat) Rosé Champagne is inviting and long. Like a sea of tiny pearls, the mousse is very fine. Some rosés can feel a bit sharp or alternatively a bit dull. This wine is neither. What you’ll find instead is an exciting (and sensual) rosé Champagne. Nicolas Feuillatte is a cooperative, and its wines are always priced well for the flavor they deliver. The fall is coming. It’s Back-to-School time. In our house, Champagne season starts now. (12% abv)

93 points KM

Available at K&L Wine Merchants

My Best Tasting Tip

“I look forward to the day when more rosés achieve that ‘wow’ factor now given only to great reds and whites; to when restaurant wine lists for reds and whites are rivaled by their selection of rosés.”

—Elizabeth Gabay, MW, author of Rosé: Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution

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