Plenty of dried-cherry and cranberry character here, but also candied lemon and angelica. Pretty powerful and highly structured, this is light-years removed from the world of pretty, light rosés. Bold and very mineral finish that’s as austere as it is exciting. A blend of 50% chardonnay with 44% pinot noir and 6% pinot meunier, based on the 2015 vintage. Disgorged on February 1st, 2021. Drink or hold.

92+ The current release of the Tarlant family’s Brut Nature “Zero” Rosé is from the base year of 2015. It was aged just under five and a half years sur latte and disgorged in September of 2021. The cépages this year is fifty percent chardonnay, forty-four percent pinot noir and six percent pinot meunier. The wine is a beautiful salmon color and offers up a deep, complex and expressive bouquet of rhubarb, blood orange, rye bread, a lovely base of soil tones, dried rose petals and a touch of brown spice in the upper register. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, focused and complex, with lovely depth at the core, superb mineral drive, elegant mousse, nicely mellowing acids and a long, classy and impeccably balanced finish. I so admire the Tarlant family’s commitment to aging their non-dosé bottlings for long enough prior to release to allow the acids to mellow out and the wine to start to drink with generosity. Fine, fine juice.

The NV Brut Rosé Nature Zero is terrific. Here the addition of still red Pinot juice adds textural richness to play off the tension of the non-dosage style. Crushed red berry fruit, chalk, mint, rose petal and white flowers lend brilliance to this ethereal yet layered Rosé from Tarlant. Bright saline accents punctuate the finish. This is a terrific showing. The blend is 50% Chardonnay, 44% Pinot Noir, 6% Meunier, based on 2015. Disgorged: September, 2021. (Drink between 2022-2027) - AG

The NV Champagne Zero Brut Nature Rosé is a blended rosé style from the base vintage of 2016, with the rest 2015, and a small amount from 2014. It is composed of 50% Chardonnay, 44% Pinot Noir, and the rest Meunier and spent five years on the lees. It offers aromas of primary fruit with wild raspberry, guava, and orange oil. The palate is more linear and structured with high acidity, which makes this a food-friendly wine. It drives down the palate with pure chalky earth and orange zest. Drink 2023-2033. - Audrey Frick