NV Telmont - Champagne Reserve Brut Rose (750ml)

Telmont was founded in 1912 by Henri Lhôpital in the village of Damery, near Épernay, as a direct response to the Champagne riots of 1911. His son André later named the brand after one of the family’s finest vineyard plots, and four generations of Lhôpitals guided the house before Rémy Cointreau became majority shareholder in 2020, with Leonardo DiCaprio joining as an investor. Today Telmont is working toward fully organic production and has dropped clear bottles and gift boxes to shrink its environmental footprint.

Réserve Rosé is an unusual blended rosé built mostly on Chardonnay, with a smaller share of Meunier and no Pinot Noir at all. The current release rests on a 2020 base, supported by reserve wines from 2017 through 2019, with fruit drawn from villages including Songy, Damery and Avize. Fermented in stainless steel without malolactic conversion, it spends four years aging in underground cellars and is finished as a Brut Nature, with no sugar added at disgorgement.

In the glass it shows deep pink with copper and orange glints. Citrus and red berries lead the nose, touched with gingerbread spice. Blood orange brings energy to the palate, and the finish is bright and lightly saline.