Henriot Brut Vintage Rose 2012

Henriot Rose Millesime 2012 is a vintage rose Champagne offering aromas of wild strawberry, raspberry, blood orange, rose petals, and brioche. Fine bubbles, vibrant acidity, and chalky minerality create a refined, layered palate with exceptional elegance and a remarkably long finish.

Food Pairing: Pairs best with duck breast, seared tuna, lobster, salmon, and berry desserts.

97 Points - Decanter

Aromas of smoke and raspberry cede to a delightful mousse on the palate, with brisk acidity propelling complex notes of pear, melon and brioche. Impressively long, this never wavers in its elegance.

93 Points - James Suckling

Aromas of sliced ripe strawberries with pomegranate. Some granite and earth, too. Full-bodied and very vinous with firmness to the texture and fine bubbles. Mushroom, berry and earth in the aftertaste with some citrus fruit. Very vinous. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

93 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Offering up attractive aromas of blood orange, red berries, peach, orchard fruit and brioche, Henriot's just-released 2012 Brut Rose Millesime is medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, with fine concentration, ripe but racy acids, a delicate mousse and a long, saline finish. This is one of the more intense, vinous wines to emerge from Henriot in some time, and it's very promising.

93 Points - Wine Spectator

An elegant rose Champagne, layering flavors of ripe cherry, blood orange sorbet and orchard blossom on the delicate, finely detailed mousse, with lightly mouthwatering acidity and a zesty underpinning lending focus through to the lightly spiced finish. Drink now through 2027.

92 Points - Wine & Spirits

This blend of 55 percent Pinot Noir with Chardonnay gets its deep pink-rose color from an addition of 10 percent red wine; all of the fruit comes from either Premier or Grand Cru sites. It's elegant, vinous and dry, with some tannic austerity from the Pinot Noir that brings to mind crushed flower petals. There's yeasty richness to balance that austerity, filling out the flavors and suggesting it will age well.