CHAMPAGNE TARLANT ZERO ROSÉ BRUT NATURE (2017 BASE)

50% Chardonnay/44% Pinot Noir/6% Pinot Meunier from organically farmed, hand-harvested estate vines. The vines are grown across 63 parcels in 4 villages near Oeuilly in the Vallée de la Marne and average around 40 years old. The parcels are all vinified separately. The Tarlants’ “Zero” rosé isone of the rare few rosé Champagnes made by maceration of the red fruit rather than by simply adding a bit of finished red wine to a white base. The Pinot Noir is destemmed, very slowly pressed, briefly macerated; the small amount of Meunier is handled similarly; the Chardonnay is direct-pressed. The three separate wines are aged in Burgundy barrels for 6 month without malolactic fermentation and then blended after a meticulous barrel-by-barrel tasting. The final rosé blend is typically around 75% current-vintage base wine with 25% reserve wine, in this case with a base of 2017. It was bottled in July 2018 and disgorged in February 2023. Zero dosage.