These dry wines are rich, rather than light and fragrant. Packed with ripe fruit flavors that can include blackberry, blackcurrant, raspberry and cherry. It can be poised, racy and delightfully fruity and elegant if you stick to the best.
The rosé of Marsannay is a wine to be savored in all seasons. They are best consumed young, although can be easily kept for 2 to 3 years and some people do enjoy them when the wine has an orange tinge and the fruit is overmature.
It must be served fresh (10-12°C), never cold, for all the pinot flavors to open fully.
Contrary to what one might expect, the rosé of Marsannay, to reach its peak, should be kept in storage for at least a year in stainless vats. That explains why it is sold late in the year compared to other French rosé wines.
Around 80% of Marsannay is harvested by machine with just a few exceptions, including Bruno Clair.
Medium-pale colour. Good depth of aromas rich in red fruit and the unique flavors of pinot noir. Vibrantly fresh, lots of complexity and intensity.
Domaine Bruno Clair is the most important property in the village. Its origins lie in the old Clair-Daü estate, broken up in the early 1980s. Bruno Clair has expanded since.
Another example is rather rare rose
2017 Domaine Bruno Clair Marsannay Rosé2015 La Rose Du Clos Bourgogne Domaine Des Lambrays