Elegantly berried with Volney-like refined Pinot note. On the reductive side with stylish toasty-gunpowdery notes. Raspberry, toast and peach, bitter almonds, burned sugar and forest floor. Light-weight, vivacious, tense palate. Super sophisticated style of rosé, firm but seductively delicate and delicious. Youthful still and the evolution in the last seven years has been notably slow. The magnums should be left for later. Tasted October 2020.

Disgorged in 2012 after eight years sur lattes, the 2004 Brut Alexandra Grande Cuvée Rosé has really begun to develop some complexity after seven years on cork. Salmon-pink in hue, the wine wafts from the glass with a beautiful bouquet of blood orange, iodine, dried rose petals, aromatic bitters and tangerine. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, pure and racy, with a delicate pinpoint mousse, good concentration at the core and a long, saline finish. Readers who have had the foresight to cellar a few bottles should pop a cork or two, as this rosé is showing brilliantly. Drinking 2018-2028. William Kelley, April 2019.

Aromas of peaches and light cherries with rust and hints of grapefruit. Earth and spice undertone. Full-bodied, fruity and spicy. Hints of black pepper. Extremely bright and creamy texture. Delicious and delicate finish. Drink now.

Distinct orange/onion-skin tinge. Damson, quince-paste nose. Earthiness. Sharply stitched mousse. Tastes very very dry! Minerals and ripe heirloom tomatoes, a sweet green dustiness. Caraway and wild strawberries. Distinctive.Definitely a food wine and not an aperitif. Drinking 2017-2023. TC, June 2017.