Celene Crémant de Bordeaux Rosé Cuvée Royále

Very cheap and good value for money.

As other CTers have mentioned, this has a lot of nice fruit on it. The bubbles are large and not fine like champagne, with very little yeasty flavors -- not a bad thing. Tastes more like a fizzy rosé than a rosé champagne. I keep getting an off note on it that I do not care for. My wife, who in general has a better and more subtle palate than me, does not and likes it better than me. This …

Nose of lemon, orange, and pineapple, along with a small bit of breadiness. Palate presents citrus fruits, pineapple, and papaya, along with a hint of savory flavors I cannot place. The wine is crisp with nice acidity, and lots of fruit flavors. Overall, a good and affordable sparkling wine. I tend to prefer more crisp, fruit forward sparkling wines, so from France, I tend to go for Cremants from Bourdeaux, the Loire, or Blanquette de Limoux rather than paying up …

Drank like a sub-$20 wine; not a real crowd-pleaser in my opinion. Nose gave too much alcohol for my liking. Primary apple, citrus, hint of vanilla. Medium carbonation, with noticeable residual sugar. Light body with short finish.

A proper bargain. An interesting assemblage (see previous notes), this rose is vibrant and savory. Red fruit, rhubarb, herbs, chalk/chemical finish. Very effervescent, take care upon opening!

Not a complex wine, but a tasty easy going sparkler. Mid palate seems a bit thin. Yeasty, lemony, ripe apple, plums on the aroma. Some herbal qualities, and stoniness. A blend of Cab Franc and Merlot, but this is a white wine ... no colouring to it ... a pale hay in colour. Flavours follow aromas. Good vibrant bubbles. Residual sugar is 10g/L so a touch of sweetness. Medium + acidity to go with that honeyed sweetness. Nice drinking sparkler.

Oddly floral. Low acid. Not into it.

A clear cut above the usual sub twenty-dollar. Finer bubbles than most inexpensive sparkling and less citrus taste. A great value at $12.

Very red fruited aromas of red currant, raspberry and cranberry lead the nose. Followed by some smoky bread crust, meyer lemon, honeysuckle and even tobacco. Nicely round and broad on the palate, with a lot of toasty creamy intensity to the bowl of fruit and minerals. Has a subtle brininess to it that really stood out with the manzanilla olives on the cheese board. Really nice, every day sparkler.

Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Great value. Tastes like a light touch of both grapes. Beautiful fruit without any sweetness, some raspberry, honey, herb.

Cab Franc and Merlot. You can really taste them both. Beautiful color, fresh flavors of red berries and herb. Can't wait to get more.

50% Cabernet Franc, 30% Semillon, 20% Muscadelle. This is a very strange sparkling wine. The share of red grapes feels very evident here. The wine displays aromas of grape and rhubarb on the nose. The taste is fruity, but flat, displaying flavors of red grape and rhubarb, but not much else. The aftertaste is short, and it does not make me long more for this wine.