The rosé champagne category has a lot of pretenders. Jean-Marc Sélèque is the real deal, building a new name for his family's estate in the once-historic village of Pierry. The balance and red-fruit personality keep this champagne crisp and lean without shortchanging on charm.

Tasting Note:

"Based on the 2018 vintage and disgorged in January 2021, the latest NV Extra-Brut Solessence Rosé offers up lovely aromas of sweet red berries, anise, bitter orange and baking spices. Medium to full-bodied, round and enveloping, with a fleshy core of fruit, bright acids and a charming, seamless profile, concluding with a sapid finish. This is an especially demonstrative rendition of this cuvée that's showing very well out of the gates."

— William Kelley, Wine Advocate (Sep. 2021)