Les 2 Terroirs Rosé Verzy Grand Cru Extra Brut 2023
A single-varietal Pinot Noir rosé from the Grand Cru villages of Verzy and Verzenay, bringing the terroir of the Montagne de Reims into the glass with salty chalky tension, red berry fruit and abundant energy.
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Graphite and pencil shavings, along with earth and stone, red berries, grapefruit zest and delicate pastry dough notes.
Palate
Lively and youthful with an initially effervescent mousse; autumn leaves, undergrowth, red berries and unpeeled cider apple, dry and full of energy.
Character
A decidedly gastronomic rosé Champagne with a clear territorial identity – taut, precise and full of tension.
Pairing
An ideal companion to dishes with fine roasted aromas and umami, such as grilled salmon, rosemary duck breast or mushroom dishes.
Notes
Champagne from the Grand Cru villages of Verzy and Verzenay, from old vines (planted 1961–1971) on chalky clay-limestone soils; spontaneously fermented, aged without added sulphur and disgorged with a minimal dosage of 2.4 g/L – uncompromisingly purist.
Tasting note
Colour & appearance
Delicate coral red, threaded with a still boisterous, youthful effervescence that has yet to settle in the glass.
Nose
A bouquet that evokes the cellar rather than the fruit bowl: graphite and pencil shavings, damp earth, cool stone. Beneath emerge red berries, a hint of grapefruit zest and the warm, cereal note of pastry dough – a promise of lees ageing.
Palate
Lively, almost impetuous on entry; the mousse surges briefly before settling. Red berries meet unpeeled cider apple, alongside autumn leaves and a touch of undergrowth – a rosé with earthy depth rather than confectioned fruit. Dry, taut, of remarkable energy; the village chalk runs through the palate as a saline thread.
Finish
Long, precise and distinctly saline, with lingering spice and a final echo of graphite.
Terroir & origin
Two villages, one signature: old Pinot Noir vines from Verzy and neighbouring Verzenay, both Grand Crus on the northern edge of the Montagne de Reims. The subsoil is dominated by limestone and clay; in Verzy, deep, belemnite-rich chalk – the source of that taut, saline tension so palpable here.
Grape variety & vinification
A single-varietal Pinot Noir from the 2023 vintage, blended with five per cent red wine. The base wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation and matures without added sulphur on its full lees in used barriques and foudres; it is disgorged with a minimal 2.4 grams dosage – Extra Brut in its purest form.
Food recommendations
A Champagne for the table, not merely the aperitif tray: it calls for roasted aromas, spice and succulence. Ideal with pink-roasted duck breast, salmon tataki, grilled tuna or saddle of venison with mushrooms – wherever umami meets structure.
Special features
Adrien Renoir, a fourth-generation winemaker, farms in Verzy with organic certification and disgorges without added sulphur – uncompromisingly, because any flaw would end up in the glass. This rosé demonstrates that Grand Cru Pinot in pink demands to be taken seriously: territorial, nervy, gastronomic.
