Alexandra Rose
⏳ Drikkevindue
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Roasted duck breast, wild mushroom risotto, or seared langoustines.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Laurent-Perrier's Alexandra Rosé is a legendary prestige cuvée born from a father's love. In 1987, Bernard de Nonancourt, the visionary head of the house, secretly created this rare vintage rosé to present to his eldest daughter, Alexandra, on her wedding day. Unlike most rosé Champagnes made by blending still red and white wines, Alexandra Rosé is crafted using a highly unusual and demanding co-maceration technique. Pinot Noir grapes from prestigious Grand Cru villages like Ambonnay, Bouzy, and Verzenay are macerated, and during this process, Grand Cru Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs is integrated. This simultaneous maceration harmonizes the structural power of Pinot Noir (typically making up 80% of the blend) with the elegant freshness of Chardonnay (around 20%). The wine undergoes extensive cellar aging of at least a decade, resulting in a complex, copper-apricot hued masterpiece with notes of candied red fruits, orange peel, and dried white flowers.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Champagne Laurent-Perrier blev grundlagt i Tours-sur-Marne i 1812 af André Michel Pierlot og fik sit blivende navn af Mathilde Emilie Perrier. I dag er huset et af verdens mest prestigefyldte, familieejede champagnehuse. Under Bernard de Nonancourts visionære ledelse i efterkrigstiden var huset pioner for en nyskabende vinfremstillingsfilosofi med fokus på friskhed, finesse og Chardonnay-drevet elegance. Som et af de første huse tog de tidligt rustfrie ståltanke i brug for at bevare en kompromisløs aromatisk renhed. Laurent-Perrier er berømt for at have formet moderne champagnetendenser med en ikonisk portefølje, der tæller den banebrydende zero-dosage Ultra Brut, den skelsættende macerationsbaserede Cuvée Rosé samt den legendariske prestige-cuvée Grand Siècle, som er skabt på et blend af nøje udvalgte deklarerede årgange.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier