Gosset Grand Rose, Champagne

Gosset's pink is a blend of 55% Chardonnay and 45% Pinot Noir, 8% of the Pinot vinified as red wine. The wine does not go through malolactic conversion, and is aged a minimum of three years on the lees. Interesting factoid: Cellarmaster Odilon de Varine prefers to blend it in black glassware, so he is not influenced by colour, but by taste and aroma alone. The nose has a lovely pillow of biscuit and custardy creaminess, but there's keen, small red berry fruit too. The mousse is mouth-filling, and this is immediately dry and crisp with 8g/l dosage, shimmering with elegant, lemony, almost minty fresh acidity. The savoury berry fruit is nicely weighted through the mid-palate. Perfect stuff for St Valentine's Day this month.

93 points Tom Cannavan wine-pages.com

Notes of tangerine, peach, white flowers and wheat toast preface the latest rendition of Gosset's NV Brut Grand Rosé, a medium to full-bodied, pillowy and charming wine with a fleshy core of fruit, chalky structure and tangy acids. Elegantly vinous and flavorful, it's a fine success.

92 points William Kelley robertparker.com

Gosset Grand Rosé is a wonderfully expressive, finely structured and quietly luxurious Champagne that reflects the house’s unmistakable style: purity, tension and depth without softness. Gosset, the oldest wine house in Champagne, has long refused malolactic fermentation, preserving a racy, crystalline line of acidity that gives all its wines exceptional freshness and longevity. Grand Rosé is built predominantly from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir sourced from premier and grand cru villages, with the rosé colour and extra dimension coming from the careful addition of still Pinot Noir from Aÿ. Long lees ageing and restrained dosage bring subtle richness and texture while keeping the wine beautifully taut.

The bouquet is captivating, offering wild strawberry, raspberry and redcurrant alongside blood orange, pink grapefruit, pomegranate and soft rose petals. Notes of almond, pastry, chalk dust and delicate spice drift through the aromatics, shaped by extended time on lees. As the wine opens, nuances of cherry skin, white peach, quince, red apple and faint savoury brioche add depth and elegance.

The palate is vibrant, silky and impeccably balanced. Red berry fruit glides across a fine, persistent mousse, carried by bright acidity that gives the wine drive and definition. Flavours of strawberry, redcurrant, citrus zest, peach and subtle spice unfold in clean, refined layers, underpinned by a chalky mineral line that is unmistakably Gosset. The finish is long, dry and quietly powerful, leaving a lingering echo of berries, florals and fine pastry. With a few years of cellaring it will gain honeyed and biscuity nuance while retaining its lively core.

Perfect with tuna tartare, salmon gravlax, crispy duck, lobster, prawns, soft cheeses, charcuterie, lightly spiced dishes or enjoyed on its own as a celebratory centrepiece.