Ruinart Champagne Second Skin Rose NV 750ml









Ruinart’s Rosé NV is a lively and refreshing Champagne with a beautiful balance of fruity and floral notes. Expect bright pomegranate, pink berries, and grapefruit, with a subtle hint of fresh croissant that adds a lovely bakery touch. Made mostly from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, it’s smooth and elegant with a medium body and a delicate, long finish. This is a crowd-pleaser that’s ready to enjoy now but still has plenty of charm.
Jamessuckling.com | JS 92
Published: Jul 13, 2024
Excellent freshness to this delicately fruity and refreshing rosé Champagne. Notes of pomegranate, grapefruits, pink-berry fruit and a touch of fresh croissant. Lively and very drinkable. 45% pinot noir, 30% chardonnay and 25% meunier, including 14% red wine. Based on the 2021 vintage, with around 37% reserve wines. Drink now.
The Wine Advocate | RP 91
Published: Mar 29, 2024
The latest rendition of Ruinart’s NV Brut Rosé evokes aromas of blood orange, red berries, flowers and pastry. Medium to full-bodied, round and supple, it’s elegant with a fleshy core of fruit, bright acids and a long, delicate finish. There’s no reason to wait.
Decanter | D 91
Published: Oct 11, 2024
Drink: 2024-2027
Ruinart's non-vintage rosé is always appealingly tuned to the slightly deeper side of Champagne's rosé spectrum, although it retains plenty of the snappy, Chardonnay-heavy DNA of the house, too. The sunny 2020 base year is full of sharp and sweet red plum, strawberry and tangerine, youthful and easy but admirably lithe. With peppery spice and rose petal complexity, it's a rosé that celebrates Pinot Noir juiciness yet transcends simplicity.
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 12.50%
Body: Medium
Jancisrobinson.com | JR 16
Published: Nov 27, 2023
Drink: 2023-2027
Full bottle 1,641 g. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Raspberries and white pepper. Quite sweet – there is something that evokes a long-distant memory of strawberry jelly babies. Pretty fruit and a good, broad swathe of ripe acidity, but lacks the complexity and stature I'd expect of a champagne in this price bracket. It might taste better with a slice of strawberry tart?
Ruinart.com
“Rosé with a generous roundness and delicately subtle structure, which achieves surprising harmony.”
Frédéric Panaïotis, Maison Ruinart Cellar Master.
TASTING NOTES
COLOUR
Ruinart Rosé reveals coral and rosewood hues.
THE NOSE
First impressions reveal intense aromas of tropical fruit such as pomegranate, lychee and guava, complemented by floral essences of rose and freshly picked red berries. Secondary aromas include hints of warm spices such as tonka bean and nutmeg.
PALATE
This cuvée’s fresh character is combined with a refined structure and delicate roundness. The elegant finish provides notes of peppermint and pink grapefruit.
CÉPAGES GRAPE VARIETIES & TERROIRS
Ruinart Rosé is a harmonious champagne that balances the aromatic freshness of Côte des Blancs and Montagne de Reims chardonnay (45%) with the fruitiness of Montagne de Reims and Vallée de la Marne pinot noir (43% vinified as white and 12% vinified as red).
Vinification
Harvested by hand
A blend of 40–50 crus including 20–30% reserve wines kept from a range of vintages
Alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats
Malolactic fermentation
Aged in cellars for 2–3 years
Dosage: 8 g/L
Contains sulphites
Alcohol content – 12.5% Vol.