Champagne Jacques Lassaigne - Les Vignes de Montgueux Rosé - Extra Brut
Located on the Montgueux hill in the Aube region, the Jacques Lassaigne estate is one of the most respected names in terroir Champagne. Emmanuel Lassaigne pursues a demanding work on about 4.7 hectares mostly planted with Chardonnay, on chalky soils known for producing wines with great tension and a strong mineral identity. Often compared to a "Champenois Montrachet," the Montgueux terroir offers a unique expression, more sunny and ample than other Champagne areas, while maintaining remarkable freshness. The estate has built an international reputation thanks to precise, artisanal, and low-intervention cuvées, where each wine primarily seeks to reflect its origin. The Rosé version of Les Vignes de Montgueux extends this philosophy with a delicate and luminous interpretation of terroir rosé. It retains the characteristic finesse of the estate's wines while bringing more gourmandise and fruity relief.
Champagne Jacques Lassaigne Les Vignes de Montgueux Rosé Extra Brut is made mainly from Chardonnay from the chalky slopes of Montgueux, complemented by a proportion of red Champagne wine to obtain its pink hue and fruity dimension. True to the estate's style, the vinification favors precision and purity, with fermentations partly carried out in wood and aging on lees that adds texture and depth. The Extra Brut dosage remains deliberately low to preserve the wine's natural balance and tension. This cuvée stands out for an elegant approach to rosé, more focused on finesse and minerality than on power or aromatic display. Exact technical information regarding blending proportions or precise dosage levels may vary depending on disgorgements and would deserve confirmation for a fully exhaustive sheet.
On tasting, Les Vignes de Montgueux Rosé reveals a refined and energetic profile, supported by aromas of fresh red berries, blood citrus, and delicate flowers, accompanied by a very characteristic chalky signature of the Montgueux terroir. The palate combines freshness, fine bubbles, and a vinous texture, with a beautiful tension that perfectly balances the natural gourmandise of the fruit. The wine maintains a sensation of purity and verticality despite its more generous and expressive dimension. The finish, saline and persistent, prolongs the tasting with great elegance. This rosé Champagne ideally accompanies sashimis, salmon carpaccio, refined Mediterranean cuisine, or delicately spiced poultry. It will seduce lovers of gastronomic rosés seeking more terroir precision than opulence.
Grape varieties: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
