🍾 Laurent-Perrier Alexandra Rosé Millésimé 2012

Laurent-Perrier Alexandra Rosé Millésimé 2012 is the 2012 release of Alexandra Rosé Millésimé by the house Laurent-Perrier, a vintage rosé Champagne.

According to the house, the wine is 80 % Pinot Noir and 20 % Chardonnay, all from Grands Crus: Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims (Ambonnay, Bouzy, Mailly, Verzenay) and Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs (Avize, Cramant, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger). It is made by co-fermenting macerated Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and aged for 10 years.

The house Laurent-Perrier is based in Tours-sur-Marne; it was founded in 1812 by André-Michel Pierlot and has been run by the de Nonancourt family since 1939.

The boundaries of the Champagne area were set by a law of 6 May 1919: parts of the Marne, Aube, Aisne, Haute-Marne and Seine-et-Marne departments. The designation’s specification allows seven grape varieties, dominated by Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier; grapes are picked as whole bunches, that is by hand, and the yield is limited to 10,400 kg per hectare.

According to the Comité Champagne, Champagne is served chilled to 8–10 °C, and bottles are kept in the dark at a steady 10–15 °C, without vibration. An opened bottle is best closed with a sparkling-wine stopper and kept cold.

It is sold under the protected designation of origin Champagne: the bubbles come only from a second fermentation in the bottle, and the wine is aged for at least 15 months before sale (36 for vintage). Check the label for the sugar term (brut, extra brut and so on): the house does not state it on the wine's page.

Why it matters to you. The year on the label is the harvest year, so different years of the same line are different wines. The WHO reminds: there is no safe level of alcohol.