START-UP ADVICE

NEW CUVEE ROSE PETITE
DOUCEUR LAUNCHED BY
CHAMPAGNE GOSSET
Jean-Pierre Mareigner, Champagne Gosset’s
cellar master for 30 years, wanted to play on the
subtle balance between sweetness and acidity.
“I wanted to create a wine to associate with the
desserts I recall from my childhood: Crêpes Suzette,
pear tart with cinnamon and cakes with a hint of
orange blossom.”
Champagne Gosset is part of the Renaud-
Cointreau family group, whose president of
Jean-Pierre Cointreau comments: “Gosset is
renowned for using its traditional, artisanal style
of craftsmanship to produce wines that are rich
and elegant and the perfect accompaniment
to gastronomic discovery. Our cellar master
uses his expertise carefully to avoid malolactic
fermentation, thus retaining the natural fruit
flavours of the wines and ensuring perfect
conservation.”
Champagne Gosset, the oldest wine house in
Champagne, Aÿ, 1584 - currently celebrating its
430th anniversary - has launched a new cuvée,
Petite Douceur Rosé. This extra dry wine achieves
a delicate balance between sweetness and acidity
and is the perfect accompaniment for desserts
or afternoon tea, as well as savoury dishes with a
‘sweet and sour’ element.
This new champagne is a blend of 60%
Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir including 7% red
wine. In the glass it displays a delicate salmon
pink hue and shows a beautifully effervescent
string of fine bubbles. On the nose, aromas of ripe
strawberry and raspberry develop first, followed
by notes of quince, blood orange and lemon. In
the mouth, while dominated by strawberry and
raspberry, notes of pink grapefruit and lemon,
which provide an agreeably crisp end palate,
enhance it. With its perfectly balanced sugar
content (extra dry 17g/l) highlighting the freshness
of the wine, Champagne Gosset Petite Douceur
Rosé is ideally served between 8 and 10°.
Champagne Gosset Petite Douceur
Rosé is available in a 75cl bottle, in an
attractive pink gift box and expected to
retail at around £60. It is distributed in the
UK exclusively by McKinley Vintners Tel:
020 7928 7300.
127