Champagne Ruinart - Champagne - R de Ruinart - Millésimé - Blanc - 2016

Wine:

Made from a majority of Grands Crus and Premiers Crus from the Côte des Blancs and Montagne de Reims, the 2016 Champagne R de Ruinart Brut Millésimé is a well-balanced, fresh wine that has benefited from a warm year and 6 years' aging on laths. The result is beautiful aromas of exotic fruit, passion fruit, and fleshy yellow fruit, complemented by biscuity touches, cereals, and dried fruit. The structure continues this ultra-pleasant, delicate register in great harmony with a saline, zesty, and persistent finish. A great champagne combining roundness and freshness, an accurate illustration of Ruinart's taste! Best served as an aperitif at the table, with a blanquette of monkfish cheeks or a vegetable and parmesan tart.

Vinification:

Hand-harvested, grapes mainly from Grands Crus and Premiers Crus of the Côte des Blancs & Montagne de Reims. Alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless-steel vats, malolactic fermentation, 6 years' ageing on laths.

Dosage: 5g/l.

Color:

Golden with orange-yellow highlights.

Nose:

Fruity flavors (exotic, passion fruit, yellow fruit) mingle with aromas of cereals, cookies, dried fruit and a touch of salt.

Palate:

This vintage is harmonious, combining roundness and freshness with a fine balance between tension and smoothness. A superb champagne with a persistent, delicate finish.

Temperature:

Serve between 8 and 10°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Aperitif, tempura of king prawns, tataki-style snacked tuna, Bresse poultry, lime infused juice, roasted turnips - crispy soft-boiled eggs, watercress butter and parsnips in different textures - scallop carpaccio with raw and pickled Daikon radish, seasoned with Douglas fir broth & fennel seeds.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2028