Every Friday The no1 Champagne expert in the world will taste new & old Champagne s to give You a tip or two for the weekend. This week Richard Juhlin tasted a Dom Ruinart Rosé in Cancun. [read the full champagne story]
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Ruinart
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Dom Thierry Ruinart, a priest from Reims who was a good friend of Dom Pérignon, passed on enough knowledge to his nephew, Nicolas Ruinart, to enable him to form the first Champagne house in 1729. It is therefore quite logical that Ruinart should belong to the Moët-Hennessy Group. The company soon became successful in widely different export markets, and was a popular place to visit due to its deep, exceptionally beautiful chalk cellars, which are now classified as a historical monument.
Deep down in these cellars several of the world’s best wine sommeliers have competed in the Trophée Ruinart. The company president holds over fifteen hectares in Sillery and Brimont, which provide only 20 percent of their grape needs. The other 80 percent is bought in from 200 villages. Ruinart’s wines often have a strong toasty character, combined with fine purity and good richness of minerals. The prestige wine Dom Ruinart is absolutely of the highest class with a very elegant style. The ’79 is the world’s second-best blanc de blancs, according to the jury of the Millennium Tasting. Even Dom Ruinart Rosé can be brilliant with its typical Pinot character, which is present despite the wine containing 80 percent Chardonnay. The toasted, slightly Charles Heidsieck-like and Dom Pérignon-like champagnes are today made by the wonderful Fred Panaiotis.
Both the white and rosé version of Dom Ruinart can be among the most stunning wines in the world.
Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin
