Ruinart, Dom Ruinart Rose Vintage:1996 with a mineral element adding

with a mineral element adding vivacity

rust and blood orange

exotic bouquet of fresh road tar

Here too the nose is composed of an elegant array of airy red cherry

I particularly like the underlying sense of tension

Ruinart, Dom Ruinart Rose Vintage:1996 with a mineral element addingAnother winemaker, another era but still the signature Dom Ruinart elegance. This magnum was disgorged in May 2005 and continues to delight. The colour is of burnished copper, the mousse amazingly compact and persistent. The aromatic profile is dominated by soft leather, vanillin and hints of toffee apple, while the savoury characteristic of the palate, with dry mushroom and truffles both evidenced, opens up a vista of gastronomic potential and belies