10 Excellent Ruinart Rose Champagnes To Buy In 2024

by Anthony Zhang

Maison Ruinart produced the first-ever rose Champagne around 250 years ago.

Today, the Champagne house boasts a portfolio of three delicious, fresh and fruity rose sparklers.

In this article, we will explore the Ruinart Rose wine styles, 10 best Ruinart Rose bottles to buy in 2024, how to serve them, and how they are made.

Ruinart Rose Wine Styles And Characteristics

Ruinart’s rose Champagnes are inspired by the vision of Dom Thierry Ruinart, the grandfather of Ruinart’s founder, Nicolas Ruinart.

A. Non-Vintage Ruinart Brut Rose

The Champagne Ruinart non-vintage rose is a blend of 45% Chardonnay (from the Côte des Blancs and Montagne de Reims vineyards) and 55% Pinot Noir (from the Montagne de Reims and the Vallée de la Marne vineyards.)

The wine contains up to 25% of reserve wines from the previous two years.

Pinot Noir adds fullness, while Chardonnay gives the wine a refreshing freshness. It has light effervescence and somewhat undeveloped primary aromas.

B. Vintage Brut Rose

The Vintage Brut Rose is made from 55 Pinot Noir and 45 Chardonnay from the fruit of Premiers Crus vineyards.

The wines have a delightful freshness with integrated tannins and a lengthy finish.

C. Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime

The Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime wine is made from about 20% Pinot Noir (vinified as red wine) and 80% Chardonnay grapes.

It has a vibrant coral color with copper tones. They are rich and complex with a low dosage.

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10 Excellent Ruinart Rose Champagnes

Here are 10 delicious bottles of Ruinart rose to buy in 2024:

1996 Ruinart Vintage Brut Rose
1973 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime
1978 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime
1985 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime
2002 Ruinart Vintage Brut Rose
1990 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime
1988 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime
1990 Ruinart Vintage Brut Rose
1996 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime
Ruinart Brut Rose

1. 1996 Ruinart Vintage Brut Rose, Champagne, France ($750)

The stylish 1996 vintage brut rose is crisp and vibrant. It delivers juicy acidity, soft notes of clove and fruit like small berries, and a chalky structure on the palate.

2. 1973 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime, Champagne, France ($738)

The 1973 rose is a bold and titillating Champagne with an elegant pale pink color.

The wine is creamy with a beautiful minerality, sleek acidity, and fresh yeast, pink grapefruit, and cherry flavor.

3. 1978 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime, Champagne, France ($624)

This 1978 sparkling wine displays excellent freshness with exotic fruit aromas. It has elegant flavors of licorice, citrus, and red fruit like wild strawberry.

4. 1985 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime, Champagne, France ($470)

The vintage rose is made from 84% Chardonnay and 16% Pinot Noir.

It showcases a subtle perfume of raspberry and sweet spice with creamy textures, fresh bready notes, and ripe fruit flavors of pear, apple, and cherry.

5. 2002 Ruinart Vintage Brut Rose, Champagne, France ($440)

The 2002 vintage brut delivers rich brioche, orange rind, plum, and pastry aromas. It is full-bodied with a creamy mousse, excellent balance, and a long finish.

6. 1990 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime, Champagne, France ($439)

This rose sparkling wine is a vibrant coral color with complex tropical fruits (guava and lychee), lemon, and tangerine scents. The palate is rich, offering allspice, orange blossom, ripe raspberry, strawberry, and brioche flavors.

7. 1988 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime, Champagne, France ($396)

This rose presents a bright bouquet of red fruit like ripe raspberry, toasted nuts, toffee, and truffle. It has sleek acidity, wild strawberry flavor, and a persistent finish.

8. 1990 Ruinart Vintage Brut Rose, Champagne, France ($359)

The brilliant 1990 vintage rose has an enchanting nose of small berries. It has a delightful freshness with red fruit and spice notes and well-integrated tannins.

9. 1996 Dom Ruinart Rose Millesime, Champagne, France ($330)

The 1996 Dom Ruinart Rose has a gorgeous aroma of ripe peach fruits. The wine is well-structured and expressive with good balance, juicy acidity, and a concentrated finish.

10. Ruinart Brut Rose, Champagne, France ($82)

Made from 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay, this wine has tropical fruits (guava and lychee), macerated raspberry, poached apricot fruit, freshly picked berries, and tangerine scents. It offers pink grapefruit, crystallized honey, tonka bean, and pickled ginger flavors on the palate.

How To Serve Ruinart Rose Champagne

Serve your Ruinart Rose Champagne at 46°F-50°F (8°C-10°C) in Champagne flutes.

These wines perfectly complement lamb, Japanese ‘Tataki’ salmon, and Italian prosciutto. They also pair well with vanilla and raspberry panna cotta.

How Is a Ruinart Rose Made?

Unlike typical Champagnes, these bubbly roses do not contain Pinot Meunier.

Instead, Ruinart Rose Champagnes are made by blending Chardonnay white wine with Pinot Noir red wine, capturing the richness and diversity of the two grape varieties.

The Pinot Noir is sourced from Vallée de la Marne and and Montagne de Reims vineyards. And the Chardonnay grapes are sourced from Côte des Blanc and Montagne de Reims Premiers Crus vineyards.

The Pinot Noir grapes undergo a short maceration and a light extraction to preserve the red wine’s complex flavors and enable the creation of a silky rose Champagne.