For New Year’s Eve, what foods marry best with Tsarine Rosé champagne?

Reims, 27 December 2019

For your New Year’s Eve festivities, Isabelle Tellier, Head Wine-Maker of the House of Chanoine Frères and a devotee of fine cuisine, has come up with a holiday menu especially designed to accompany Tsarine Rosé:

Starter

Salmon tartare and avocado

Main course

Filet of pike perch and Champagne lentils

or

Stuffed quail with cranberries

or

Rolled filet mignon with pear

Dessert

Moelleux Champenois

(a new specialty of Épernay — a light rose-colored biscuit made with marc de Champagne)

or

Pavlova with red fruits

or

Fruit macarons

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Tsarine’s Rosé cuvée has been classed as one of the eight best rosé champagnes in the world. The wine, based on a perfect balance among Chardonnay (34%), Pinot Meunier (33%), and Pinot Noir (33%), best expresses its qualities when served at between 8 and 10°C.

Head Wine-Maker Isabelle Tellier says of it “The fragrances and flavors blend in an aromatic whirlpool of red fruits where notes of strawberry and red and black currant swirl together. The meticulous balance brings power and structure to this rosé cuvée.”