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In Beerens, with little care for the red
- In Arrentières.
- On the Albert Beerens estate.
- Volumes of rosé champagne are still limited (10% of the 45.
- 000 bottles shipped per year) and color is not an obsession for Anne-Laure and Olivier Desfossé.
- In front of the farm.
- They seek above all to enclose “the flavor.
- The fruit and the freshness” in the bottle.
- But the care that has been taken in the Pinots Noirs to make the red wine (maceration) for the assembly of the rosé is enormous.
- Grain by grain.
- Almost.
- For this reason.
- When the fleshy bunches reached their full maturity on September 7 in the oldest and best exposed Pinot Noir vines.
- The battle was declared.
- With the launch of a specific selection workshop.
- “Sorting starts on the plot.
- And pickers are told that we only want the best.
- The management takes special care of it.
- Then the operation continues at a vibrant table with seasoned team members showing special attention and skill.
- “they congratulate the winegrowers.
- Happy to see that the? Diversion? (Grains damaged.
- Removed and evacuated) will be half of what could have been been in 2013.
- This year.
- Despite the vagaries and fears of the weather.
- Life is good.