Parker über:
MonRose Grande Cuvee Extra Brut
-- Parker: Only made in special vintages, the 2011 MonRose Grande Cuvée Extra Brut is Volker Raumland's tribute to his wife Heide-Rose. It comes from an excellent, early-budding vintage with a moderately warm and humid summer followed by pleasant days into autumn. Picked in September, this is a classic cuvée of Chardonnay (50%), Pinot Noir (35%) and Meunier (15%) from calcareous marl soils that fermented in oak (54%) and stainless steel (46%), with the malolactic fermentation included. Bottled unfiltered in June 2012 and disgorged with a dosage of 3.5 grams per liter on July 31, 2023 (so, after 133 months), the white-golden colored 2011 MonRose opens with an intense and elegant, deep and brioche-scented bouquet of ripe stone fruits, oranges and cedarwood. Round and refined on the very elegant and balanced palate, this is a full-bodied and rich yet also pure and persistently saline or mineral sparkling wine with a serious, sustainable structure that leads to a long, elegant and intense finish. Due to its fine tannins, mousse and great balance, this is another age-worthy sparkling wine that will go for at least another decade. It is possibly the finest MonRose so far and the one with the longest and most tensioned finish. 12% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in November 2023. 97/100
