Stunning value for money - Jamie Goode, The Wine Anorak. Compares more than favourably to the biggest seller in the UK, Laurent Perrier Rose, but at about half the price, so go no further...

Champagne Rosé is a wine of charm, festive, with incomparable style, colour, and flavour.  Resulting from the maceration of the grapes before pressing, it is the natural pigments of the skin that colour the wine. As it macerates, the skins release a wide range of aromas. 100% Pinot Noir from Rilly la Montagne, 100% 2020 vintage. Strong and joyful, beautiful raspberry colour. The nose is slightly acidic berries, currant and raspberry aromas.

Only the road to Reims separates the property from the Church of Rilly la Montagne dating from the 12th century where can be found a strange plate engraved in stone. The inscription in old French reveals that a winemaker of Rilly la Montagne is buried there since 1529...Name: Nicolas Chauvet! A Chauvet family ancestor, not far from his descendants...Five centuries later, Clotilde and Nicolas Chauvet perpetuate the family wine-growing tradition following their parents Claudette and Marc Chauvet, and their grand-parents Andrée and René Chauvet. Brother and sister working together, they have kept the Champagne Marc Chauvet brand created by their father. They farm 6 hectares of vineyards located in Rilly la Montagne within the department of the Marne and 7 hectares in Mont Saint Père in the Aisne. Mostly exposed south, the vines are planted in a very deep layer of chalk soil covered by a thin layer of arable soil. This chalk sub-soil ensures good drainage whilst maintaining sufficient hydration for the vines year-round. The chalk also has a great ability to stock solar heat which is then given back in a regular and constant fashion ensuring effective grape maturity. This is the magic ingredient of a septentrional vine growing region having an ideal composition for the 3 main grape varieties: Pinot Noir, Meunier and Chardonnay.

The Cuvée Rubis accompanies magnificently Provençal tomatoes or strawberry pie. How about that!