Valentine's Day may be the perfect excuse to open a bottle of pink bubbles, but Bruno Dangin's Rosé Crémant de Bourgogne is so good – and also so interesting – you really don’t need any excuse. In fact, if you’re like us, you could find yourself drinking it year-round and for years to come.

You may know Dangin from their Prestige de Narcès (a newsletter fave, and poured by the glass at Eleven Madison Park) or their Blanc de Noir (our NYE pick this year). The family farms organically in Molesme, a part of Burgundy so far north it used to be part of Champagne. And their wines show Champagne-level care.

Well, Dangin applies the same unbelievable care to rosé. In fact, he starts with the same fruit. To make the white wines, he separates the juice from the Pinot Noir grapes before it absorbs any color. To make the rosé, he lets some of the delicate pressed juice ("tailles") take on a little Pinot pinkness, then adds a touch of still Pinot Noir to get the color and fruit levels just where he wants them: bold but delicate.
 
The artistry doesn't stop there. He disgorges multiple times throughout the year, fine-tuning the dosage to make sure that as the wine evolves, each release continues to show the perfect balance. This attention to substance and harmony has an additional, almost magical payoff: as delectable an aperitif as this is today, it’s also a serious wine that the Dangin family likes to cellar for up to ten years, as it develops the mushroom and forest floor notes of mature red Burgundy (like Irancy and the best Auxerois reds).
 
 
Domaine Bruno Dangin, Crémant de Bourgogne Rosé, NV (April 2024 disgorgement) $32.99
We tasted the new disgorgement last week and honestly couldn’t believe how good it was: fresh strawberries, chalk; precise and energetic; perfectly pitched between ripeness and cut.