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★ Vinous 93 • Wine Advocate 93

Dom Ruinart Rosé RUINART Champagne 1996

Rosé

€320,00 / 75cl inc. VAT | Limited availability

Upon opening, the Dom Ruinart Rosé 1996 reveals an aromatic signature of candied citrus and toasted bread, subtly enhanced by a saline touch. Its maturity is expressed in a texture of remarkable finesse, an energetic length that promises a graceful evolution over the years.

Format:
Appellation: Champagne Rose
Region: Champagne Rose
Country: N/A
Grape varieties: Champagne Blend
Alcohol: 12.5
Color: White
Condition: Perfect

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Vinous Tasting Note

The 1996 Brut Dom Ruinart Rosé is a dense, shut-down wine that needs serious time in the cellar to come together. With additional bottle age, the Pinot character should emerge, as it almost always does. For now, this remains a structured Rosé that only occasionally reveals the brilliance that it appears capable of, yet all of the ingredients are present for the 1996 to emerge as a brilliant Dom Ruinart Rosé. Accordingly, my score represents the wine's potential at maturity rather than where it is today. This is Lot: ADONA6, disgorged October 2006.

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About the Producer

About the Producer

The Champagne Ruinart estate, an illustrious house founded in 1729, is a historic name in the Champagne region. The visionary intuition of Dom Thierry Ruinart found concrete incarnation thanks to his nephew Nicolas, who made quality and refinement the pillars of the house. Anchored in the heart of Champagne, Ruinart has traversed the centuries by cultivating a tradition of excellence, becoming an essential benchmark. Subsequent generations have perpetuated this legacy, always placing high standards at the center of their champagne production. The house offers a range of prestigious cuvées, including the famous Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs, a pure Chardonnay of great finesse and rare elegance. Also featured is the Dom Ruinart Rosé, a delicate blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vinified as red wine, as well as the Ruinart Blanc de Blancs Brut, an emblematic expression of the house's savoir-faire. An anecdote tells that Ruinart was among the first houses to export its wines in bottles, breaking with the tradition of transporting them in barrels. The "R de Ruinart" Brut completes this range, offering an accessible and consistently elegant interpretation of the Ruinart style.

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