NV Nathalie Falmet Tentation Rosée
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Half Pinot Noir, half Meunier. All 2011. Held cold in the press for two days for colour and flavour before fermentation to vin clair . On lees in bottle 2+ years. Disgorged August 2015. Dosage 7 g/l. Quite deeply coloured – like orange plums. Packed with red fruit and a touch of sour cherry freshness on the finish. Tastes dry and with the sour freshness of small wild berries. Full flavoured and fine mousse. (JH)
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate
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Like the corresponding Brut Nature, half-each Meunier and Pinot (colored via maceration), and all-2010, Falmet’s NV Brut Rose Tentation Disg. 8/2012 is like a juicy, tart-edged red raspberry shrub, with slightly coarse but (naturally) invigorating effervescence, yet a fundamentally satiny texture. A hint of salinity clinches its mouthwatering appeal, but there isn’t anywhere close to the nuanced and compelling complexity of her two other wines that I tasted alongside. I would enjoy this over the coming year. The wines of Nathalie Falmet – a chemist and oenologist who began bottling from her family’s eight acres in 2009 – were among my most exciting first-time experiences in preparing this report. These vineyards are on a belt of Kimmeridgian at the western edge of the Bar – and of Champagne as a whole – and incidentally include some in the village neighboring to Falmet’s, Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, famous as the birthplace Charles de Gaulle. A Thomas Calder Selection Paris; fax 011-33-1-46-45-15-29, importers include Polaner Selections, Mt. Kisco, NY; tel. (914) 244-0404