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When asked about the highlights of 2014, the Rosé Paradox menu, honoring Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2003, immediately comes to mind. Back in March, I invited nine chefs from all over the world, each at the top of their craft, to celebrate the Dom Pérignon Rosé Paradox. The challenge ahead was perfectly encapsulated by David Deshaies: “Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2003 is unusual, you have to open your mind with this kind of wine. You can go in eve...
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The Story
Dom Pérignon Rosé is a tribute to Pinot Noir. To work with Pinot Noir continually requires excellence and humility. In that regard, Dom Pérignon Rosé is a paradox to the point of contradiction as it is the perfect balance of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Although it took over ten years to reach the light of day, the color of Dom Pérignon Rosé dares to express all the tension between youth and maturity, between exhibition and restraint.
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We will collectively remember 2003 as a year of all superlatives, a year of extremes. So much so that at the time of harvest, the conventional approach was of no help and the critical picking criteria had to be revisited. We decided to simply taste the berries on a daily basis to determine the optimum maturity. The Pinot Noir grapes (especially from the terroirs of Aÿ, Bouzy and Hautvillers) exhibited superb, ripe flavors of wild strawberries ...
Vintage 2003
A challenging vintage for Champagne in the face of an unprecedented heatwave during the summer months. The wines are characterised by the year's unusual circumstances. Large-scale frosts destroyed most of the projected yield and they were followed by hail and an extremely hot summer. Harvest was kick-started early on August 21st and yields remained minuscule at 8,100 kg/ha. Atypically round, ripe, sun-kissed wines that miss freshness and backb...
