Jean Vesselle Oeil de Perdrix Brut Champagne

Alcohol: 12%

Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir

Localization: Bouzy, Champagne, France

Tasting Notes: Aromas of red roses, orange zest, white pepper, light herbs.  Medium-bodied yet light on the tongue; elegant, silky and balanced. Red berries, stone fruits, peppery finish

Vinous 93pts - "The salmon-colored NV Brut Oeil de Perdrix is another utterly delicious Champagne from Vesselle. Dried rose petals, orange zest, white pepper and mint give much of its high-toned aromatics, but there is plenty of depth to the fruit as well. Deceptively medium in body, the Oeil de Perdrix possesses striking finesse and exceptional overall balance. Oeil de Perdrix is an old-fashioned style of Blanc de Noirs with just a touch of color from a very short period of skin contact at pressing."

Food pairing: As an aperitif or throughout a meal; its acidic balance and red-wine body make it endlessly flexible at the table

The Domain: The family’s collection of top terroirs and generations of leadership in championing Pinot Noir is what make wines from Domaine Vesselle such eloquent examples of Blanc de Noirs Champagnes. For nearly 300 years, the Vesselle family has been tilling the chalky soils of Bouzy and cultivating some of the village’s best-placed Pinot Noir vines. Wines here combine a classic Champagne elegance with the signature Bouzy power, especially in wines such as the estate’s ‘Oeil de Perdrix.’  This unique rosé is a taste of  Champagne  history,  a  style of wine long forgotten before winemaker Delphine Vesselle—to honor the traditions of her Champagne-making grandparents—brought it back with great success. Soils are the classic, chalky terroir of the Montagne de Reims. Hand-harvested. Grapes are macerated briefly (less than 24 hours) for color then pressed; fermented on indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. Aged for three years in bottle. Dosage 6 grams/L.