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Champagne Bonnet-Ponson, “Seconde Nature” Rosé de Macération
Cyril Bonnet’s “Seconde Nature” Rosé de Macération is 100% Pinot Noir from three mature, southeast-facing Premier Cru parcels in his home village of Chamery. In the cellar, the organic Pinot cold macerates (“cold” as in cool temperature so a premature fermentation doesn’t begin) for 36 hours before a gentle press. The deeply red-hued juice is then transferred into used French barrels for a natural fermentation and extended aging. It is then moved into bottle for two years before disgorgement without adding sulfites or dosage. Those 36 hours of skin contact results in a deep, brooding, sanguine-colored wine spilling into your glass. Loaded with vinous notes of bitter cherry, rose, spicy plum, rhubarb, and green strawberry, it’s a powerful, broad, and vinous rosé that’s not for the faint of heart. Lovers of Georges Laval will fall in love.
