Henry Varnay Rose Sec NV 750ml

Henry Varnay’s Rosé Sec is a rich, dark-pink sparkler with fine bubbles. Cabernet Franc and Gamay provide juicy cherry, raspberry, and blueberry notes, with a modest touch of sweetness that plays perfectly off the wine’s vibrant acidity. A dark pink color and steady stream of fine bubbles. Bright red fruit sparkler with a hint of sweetness to play off the vibrant acidity that comes from younger vineyards and early picking. Notes of cherry, raspberry and blueberry.

• Country: France
• Region: Loire Valley
• Size: 750ml
• Color: Rose

Varietal

Champagne Blend

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn’t unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as ‘blanc de blanc’, meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or ‘blanc de noir’, which is made solely with Pinot Noir.