2014 Cedric Bouchard Le Croix d'Enfer Rose
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One of my all-time favorite vintages for this cuvée is the 2014 Rosé de Saignée Le Creux d'Enfer, a wine that continues to show beautifully. Bursting with aromas of red berry fruit, plasma, spiced pear, warm bread and blood orange, it's full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with a deep and layered core that's girdled by bright acids and enlivened by a pinpoint mousse. This is one of the most seamless, complete renditions of Le Creux d'Enfer that Bouchard has produced, and it's also very expressive today.
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The 2014 Blanc de Noirs Creux d’Enfer Rosé is another utterly magical wine in this range. Precise and sculpted in the glass, with fabulous energy, the Creux d'Enfer is sublime. Orange peel, mint, cranberry, rose petal are some of the notes that lift from this exquisitely perfumed Champagne. In this vintage, the whole clusters aren't as evident as they often are. Above all else, the Creux d'Enfer is one of those wines that ascends into the realm of the sublime. Non-dosé. Disgorged: April 2018.