This is a gorgeous and elegant rosé with raspberries, oyster shells, salted almonds, olives and some herbs. Long and persistent with very fine bubbles. Saline and vinous. Rosé d’assemblage, 100% pinot noir, with 6% red wine from old vines. Drink or hold.

The NV Champagne Princes Rose Brut is based on the 2018 vintage with 20% reserve wine. Eighty percent comes from Verzenay and 20% from Les Ricey, including 6% red wine from Les Ricey added to the blend. It pours a pale salmon pink hue and is detailed with notes of fresh peach, white flowers, and orange blossoms. Medium-bodied, it has a lively yet rounded mousse with a light saline finish. A nice complement to the De Venoge range, it is more savory than the standard Cordon Bleu, with a more refined quality that takes it to a more serious and age-worthy level. Drink 2023-2040. Disgorged in 2022. 6 grams per liter dosage. - Audrey Frick

The NV Princes Brut Rosé is 100% Pinot Noir sourced in Verzenay (80%) and Les Riceys (20%). The wine has a clear, fresh and noble bouquet of red fruit aromas (wild strawberries, red currants), gooseberries, pink grapefruit and orange zest. This all combines with a noble smokiness and Pinot vinosity. The attack on the palate is as clear and fresh as if you were biting into a crisp Granny Smith apple. The wine is intense, firmly structured and aromatic in its dense, long and fruity finish that makes it an ambitious aperitif and a good partner with lobster or salmon. This is a seriously good Rosé that is entirely based on the 2012 vintage and contains 6% of red wine from 40-year-old vines cultivated in the lieu dit “La Forêt” in Les Riceys. Disgorged in July 2017 with a dosage of six grams per liter; tasted in November 2017. (Lot LPRR7178BT) - Stephan Reinhardt

A fresh, textured Champagne, full of rich fruit and tight minerality, this is on the dry side. It stands out for its unusual bottle shape, while the wine inside is attractive and crisp, hinting at red fruits as well as citrus. Drink now. - ROGER VOSS