2010 Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé Champagne Magnum (1.5L)

What a magnum! With a gorgeous strawberry and copper color and the most perfect tiny bead of bubbles, this wine is just fun to look at. On the nose, it has the pastry crust aromas from over 10 years of ageing on the lees, and subtle, detailed dark maraschino cherry from the ancient vine Pinot Noir that gives the wine its color. The easy drinking, bright and light style of this wine belies the inner complexity of spice, dried fruit and deep chalky minerality in the glass if you pay attention to it. This is a chance to obtain the unattainable, and I will be putting a case in my cellar for the future… If I can keep my hands off of it!