Description

Denis Chaput Carmin Rosé Brut Champagne NV
100% Pinot Noir | Alc: 12%
Champagne, France

Winemaker’s notes:
Denis Chaput NV Carmin Rosé Brut Champagne is bright raspberry pink color with mauve glints. The bubbles are fine and form a beaded cordon at the surface. The nose is refined, soft and delicate, revealing aromas of stone fruit, cherries, plums, strawberries, red currants and floral notes. The attack is juicy and rounded and fruity, supported by a fine, well-integrated acidity. There is a distinctive Morello cherry flavor. Full-bodied and generous, this is a powerful, refreshing champagne. Pleasant finish as the bubbles gradually fade.

Carmin is a shade of red and we find it very poetic. To preserve the red fruits’ aromas of Pinot Noir, we make a blending rosé of 25% red wine of Pinot Noir and 75% white wine of Pinot Noir, which creates a colored rosé.

Our suggested pairings: Braised veal sweetbreads, fine carrot and turmeric purée; Caramelized duck breast with blood oranges and poppy seeds.

Area History!
It is difficult to say how long there have been vines in the village of Arrentières in the Côte des Bar, but certainly they were being grown in the 13th century. In the mid twelfth century, a Templar base was established in Arenthieres. In 1312, under pressure from King Philip IV, Pope Clement V dissolved the Order of the Knights Templar, and inventoried their properties. The Templars owned vines in Arrentières, which “produce 35 muids in a good year” (a muid is a large barrel). Since that time wine has always been produced…subject of course to the conflicts and turmoil that inevitably occur in the course of history!
Passionate about the history of Arrentières, the Chaput brothers Nicolas and Xavier, along with their father Denis and mother Jacquline, have preserved the Templar legacy by renovating the last vestiges of a Templar commandery established there between the 12th and 14th centuries. To experience their Champagnes in their tasting cellar and tower is truly to walk through history.

Winery

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