Cocktails with Rosé Champagne
Rosé Champagne is a pink sparkling wine from the Champagne PDO in north-eastern France, made by the traditional method with a second fermentation in bottle.
ABV11–14%
Taste profile
Fine, persistent bead and a crisp, dry finish carry high acidity, with a medium autolytic aroma of red-fruit and yeasty depth.
How it's used
Poured to lengthen and lift a drink, it supplies effervescence, high acidity and pink colour as a base volume or a topping accent; add it last and without stirring to preserve the bubbles, and account for its dryness when balancing sweetness.
Substitutes for Rosé Champagne
As the bulk of a sparkling drink, only another dry sparkling rosé comes close, and never a still wine; a topping accent tolerates a wider range of dry sparkling rosés. Match a brut or demi-sec style to the intended sweetness, but the specific traditional-method autolytic character cannot be reproduced from an unrelated wine.
Often confused with
Sparkling rosé (non-Champagne)
Rosé Champagne must come from the delimited Champagne PDO and be made by the traditional method; other sparkling rosés such as Crémant rosé or Cava rosado may use the same or other methods but originate elsewhere and cannot be labelled Champagne.
