R Geoffroy, Champagne Rose de Saignee Brut, NV NO20230913 or grilled vegetables

or grilled vegetables

and still interesting enough for seasoned drinkers who appreciate complexity without overwhelm

leaving lingering flavors of dark fruit

or with a few coffee beans (the classic “Sambuca con la mosca”)

R Geoffroy, Champagne Rose de Saignee Brut, NV NO20230913 or grilled vegetablesA rose Champagne made the hard way, the saignee method, by one of the Marne Valley's most respected growers. Geoffroy farms around Cumieres, a sun soaked village on the south facing slopes of the valley, and this rose is made entirely from Pinot Noir bled off its own skins rather than blended with red wine. That technique gives it a brilliant color and a generous core of red fruit, with the structure and seriousness that the family's wines are known