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Champagne Francois Lecompte Rosé Brut Premier Cru NV Wine - Last Bottle

Champagne Francois Lecompte Rosé Brut Premier Cru NV

Vilmart is not the only great Champagne producer from the Premier Cru village of Rilly-la-Montagne. Champagne Francois Lecompte, which has been around since the late 1800s, continues to show exceptionally well and be a fabulous alternative to Laurent Champs’ famous, flagship Champagne of the area!

$55
$100

Retail

45
Flavor Profile: Raspberry, peach, grapefruits, strawberries, sea spray, and baking spices
Time on Lees: 84 months
Dosage: 6 g/L

Why We Love It...

François Lecompte is but the latest in a long familial line of grower producers that have made Champagne from this estate going back to 1876 in Rilly-la-Montagne. The family is fiercely proud of their long-standing “recoltant-manipulant” status (meaning they grow their own grapes to produce their own wines), and one sip is all it will take to make you understand why.

The house of Francois Lecompte is known for making completely natural Champagnes, without yeast  inoculation. Only indigenous yeasts are used. They embrace slow aging and typically sit on the lees for at least six years in Champagne’s deep, dark chalk cellars, depending on the cuvee. The wines are sophisticated and nuanced, primed and ready for anything.

For the rose, the cuvee is matured for several years before release – with a full three years on the lees before disgorgement and a dosage of six grams per liter. This is also when the reserve still wine is added to provide the fresh and shining coppery pink color. Aging all occurs in the hand-carved chalk cellars dug out by François' grandfather, and the family spirits keep watch over the wines for an average of six plus years before release. 

This layered blend’s cepage is 40% chardonnay, 30% pinot noir, and 30% meunier – with the brilliant rosy hue delivered by a red still wine they also make from their own vineyards. The wine is the perfect balance between heady, aromatic richness and tingly vivacity. Abundant fruit notes of raspberry and peach, with grapefruits and strawberries – all accented by a crumbled chalk stoniness are what you get here. The flavors expand across the mouth with a creamy, spicy lusciousness, and an onrush  of salty minerality extends the fruity finish into something far more savory. Utterly beguiling stuff that both begs and dares you to take another sip! Tremendous, delectable stuff – especially at our unbelievable 45% off! This cuvee is quite something – and something to behold!

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Technical Details

Country: France
Region: Champagne
Appellation: Montagne de Reims
Varietal: Champagne Blends
Blend: 40% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir and 30% Pinot Meunier and 10% pinot noir for color
Alcohol: 12%
Pair it with: Filet mignon with Madeira cream sauce

About the Producer

Founded in 1876 by the Lecompte family and based entirely in Rilly-la-Montagne, Lecompte is the ultimate example of “grower-produced” Champagne: proprietor François Lecompte works in a cellar dug by his grandfather and in vineyards all classified as Premier Cru, producing a trickle of bottles in comparison to the grandes marques, or “great houses.” 

Champagne Francois Lecompte Rosé Brut Premier Cru NV

$55
$100

Retail

45

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