The NV Brut Rose de Saignee is a big rich wine loaded with fruit. This expansive full-bodied Champagne offers terrific depth and richness with a long and exceptionally pure finish. Like all rose de saignee wines this is best enjoyed at the dinner table. Make no mistake about it this is a serious rose from Jose Dhondt. All the wine requires is a little advance aeration to show at its finest. The estate's rose is made from Pinot Noir grown in Saudoy. No disgorgement date provided. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2014.

A vibrant version, with well-honed citrusy acidity backing flavors of peach skin, white cherry, blood orange granita and accents of oyster shell, almond blossoms and fleur de sel. Finely balanced and integrated, with a raw silk–like texture and a spiced finish. Disgorged April 2023. Drink now through 2026. - AN

89+ The new release of José Dhondt’s non-vintage “Rosé de Saignée” Brut is a young wine that needs a couple of years in the cellar, but will be very good with sufficient bottle age. The wine is comprised entirely of pinot noir, and offers up a primary nose of cherries, blood orange, cloves, chalky soil, orange peel and wheat toast. On the palate is tight and young, with plenty of stuffing in the mid-palate, a fine blade of minerality, frothy, pinpoint bubbles and a long, brisk and still quite youthful finish. Today, this is a bit bound up in its structural elements for primetime drinking, but the constituent components are here for a fine bottle with a bit of bottle age.