Veuve Clicquot Brut Rosé Champagne NV

95 points Bettanne & Desseauve (2022).

93 points Wine & Spirits: "This is the same base wine as Yellow Label, with the addition of 12 percent red wine to boost the color and the wine’s depth of wild raspberry flavor. It’s Burgundian-rich, a pinot noir as a serious Champagne with complexity, muscular structure and vinous length of spicy fruit. (Dec 2019)"

92 points Tyson Stelzer (The Champagne Guide): "(2014 base vintage; disgorged June 2017; 28–33% chardonnay, 50–55% pinot noir, 15–20% meunier; 50–60 crus; 5–6 vintages of reserves; Yellow Label with 13% pinot noir red wine; 10g/L dosage; cork). This is a lesson in just what a difference 12% red wine can make in a blend, particularly in the hands of one of the finest red wine outfits in all of Champagne. In its pretty medium salmon guise, this is an elegant, refined and pretty rosé, in an appealingly fruit-focused style of raspberries, red cherries and strawberries. A reductive overtone lends a note of balsamic complexity. True to the Veuve mandate, pinot noir takes a confident lead in a fleshy and full mid-palate which coasts into a long finish of accurate line. This is a particularly vibrant blend in which lively red fruit presence is the champion, and lees age has contributed more in texture than secondary complexity. Tannins are impeccably handled, leaving energetic acidity to define the structure, uninterrupted by well-integrated dosage, making for another particularly refined and distinguished Clicquot Rosé. (2020-2021)"

92 points James Suckling: "Very pinot noir, thanks to all the red-berry and spice aromas, with quite a bold flavor profile that also pushes a long way in the red-wine direction, without losing the elegance of good Champagne. It’s the delicate touch of the tannins that makes this balancing act work. Very well-integrated acidity. Drink now. (1/5/22)"