Les Pépites du Tablier Rosé de Saignée Brut

See: Deep rosé color from the saignée method, with a fine mousse.

Smell: Liquorice leads, followed by a smoky, almost animal note, then spice — thyme, cumin, paprika, nutmeg — before landing on black fruit: blackberry and Burlat cherry.

Taste: Saline and fresh, with a distinctive bitter note that carries the spice and black fruit through to a briny, appetite-sharpening finish. Dosage 5–6 g/L.

Pair: Smoked Italian charcuterie, duck breast grilled outside and rosy within, stuffed quail, or briny seafood like sea urchin, razor clams, or small crabs.

Celebrate: For the discovery nobody was expecting — the odd little find that turns out to be the best thing in the basket.

Village: Coulommes la Montagne
Region: Montagne de Reims
Vintage: 100% 2018
Varieties: 50% pinot noir, 50% meunier
Disgorgement: October 2024
Dosage: 5 g/l

Jean-Marie Massonnot Champagne traces its roots back to the 1930s when Aimé Massonnot began making and selling his own Champagne in Coulommes-la-Montagne, a small village in Vallée de la Marne. Massonnot was passed from generation to generation, and in the ‘80s, Aimé’s grandson, Jean-Marie, ushered in the modern era of the domaine, drawing on the past while also looking toward the future. He took great care in preserving his father’s massal selections from the 1950s while also fully converting the pinot meunier-dominant estate to organic by 2021.

Today, the domaine is a multigeneration operation with Jean-Marie’s daughter, Camille, at the helm. Camille’s husband; her parents, Jean-Marie and Christel; and her brothers, Valentin and Victor, help however they can. Even Camille’s young children find small ways to lend a hand. In the vineyards, Camille continues her father’s commitment to thoughtful, harmonious, organic farming while also incorporating more modern growing and winemaking techniques of her own.

Always honing her winemaking style, Camille keeps human intervention to a minimum — no dosage, no sulfites, no filtration and slow aging on lees — allowing each cuvée to express its unique identity.

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