Petite Fleur De Miraval Brut Rose Champagne
| Description: | The 12 Champagnes of Christmas. Fleur de Miraval is an exciting project launched in 2020 by film legend Brad Pitt with two "star" winemakers, Rodolphe PĂŠters of Champagne's Pierre PĂŠters and Marc Perrin of the RhĂ´ne's Famille Perrin estates. "Exclusivement," Fleur de Miraval's original Rose Champagne garnered rave reviews from us and the wine press, but our enthusiasm was dampened by its nearly three-hundred-dollar tariff. Petite Fleur is a new companion label to the "Exclusivement" that is available for just a third of the cost. This "little sister" is a Champagne of impeccable pedigree as it encompasses Chardonnay grapes sourced exclusively from magnificent terroirs of the CĂ´te des Blancs with a 5% splash of Pinot Noir, vinified as still wine, to create the pale pink hue. As we said, upon its release, this bottling charms with its Billecart-like finesse while showing more verve and chalk character from its CĂ´tes des Blancs lineage. The Pitt and Perrin alliance goes back to 2012, when they first brought the hugely successful Château Miraval CĂ´tes de Provence RosĂŠ to thirsty rosĂŠ wine drinkers around the world and helped to launch "rosĂŠ all day" as a lifestyle. But looking beyond Provence, they noticed that there wasn't as much of a focus on high quality rosĂŠ Champagne. "We're wine lovers on top of being winemakers," Perrin told Wine Spectator in 2021. "We loved great white Champagne, but we often felt the rosĂŠ counterparts were not at the same level.". James Suckling 94 Points - "This is a new classic rosĂŠ from Fleur de Miraval with rose petals, iron shavings and some orange peel. Medium-bodied with zesty orange peel, rose petal, chalk and hibiscus on the palate. Dried strawberry and iron. Lovely balance of acidity. Juicy. Lightly dry finish. Based on the proprietary reserve. White from 2019 and red 2019 blends. All Cote de Blancs and Pinot Noir from Vertus. October release. Drink or hold.". Wine Spectator 93 Points - "An elegant Champagne, offering a fine, lacy mousse and a lively but still delicate frame of acidity for notes of apricot and wild cherry fruit, grated ginger and pink grapefruit zest. Simultaneously, this has an underpinning of toasted nuts, smoke and chalk adding richness and depth. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Drink now through 2026. 3,500 cases imported.". âPetite Fleur' opens on a magnificent bouquet of spring flowers, with notes of peony and hawthorn, interwoven with bright, luscious red fruit such as raspberry and redcurrant. The mouth is exquisitely juicy and full, illuminated with fresh, lemony citrus notes, ruby grapefruit and mandarin, and a subtly diaphanous finish. âPetite Fleur' is the very essence of its place of origin: the magnificent terroirs of the CĂ´te des Blancs, anchored in the noble purity of chalk. |
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| Price: | $ 89.98 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Hi-Time Wine Cellars
| Address: |
250 Ogle Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-331-3005 |
| Telephone (regular): | 949-650-8463 |
| Fax: | 949-631-6863 |
First added to 1000 Corks on March 29, 2024.
