Ruinart Rose is produced from a blend of 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay from the best of recent vintages. All of the fruit is from premiers crus vineyards. Grapes from the estate vineyards in Sillery and Brimont (ancestral home of the Ruinart family) are joined by carefully selected grapes from other premiers crus vineyards in the Cote de Blancs and the Montagne de Reims. The grapes for Ruinart are selected basket by basket at the source, and only the finest premiers crus are used.

The must is fermented at low temperature in stainless steel tanks to preserve the freshness of the fruit, and 18% of the Pinot Noir is vinified as a red wine. After fermentation, the wines are blended and then age slowly sur latte in the 52° F cellars dug by Roman legions (Crayeres). After a minimum period of 3 years on the lees, the wine is disgorged.

Ruinart is the oldest producer of champagne, officially founded in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart, who was the nephew of the monk Dom Thierry Ruinart. This was the dawn of champagne – prior to 25 May 1728, the wine of champagne was not allowed to be commercially transported in bottles.

Nicolas Ruinart passed the management of his champagne house progressively throughout the 1760s to his very capable son, Claude, who was to hold the reins for the next thirty years. It was Claude Ruinart who entered the nobility, when he was created seigneur [lord] de Brimont. Brimont was known then as it is now as an exceptional source for champagne grapes. It was also Claude who had the foresight to purchase the first of the crayeres, the underground chalk quarries left by the Romans.

Claude was succeeded by his son Irenee, who sold his champagne to rulers throughout Europe, and notably to the Empress Josephine. It was Edmond, the son of Irenee, who exported champagne to the young United States, meeting President Jackson at the White House in 1831. Throughout the centuries of its lively history, Champagne Ruinart has continued to grow in renown, even as production remains limited by their demands for quality, and distribution is limited by the size of the domestic (French) market. As always, it is known first for the quality of its wines and for their finesse, based on the exceptional Chardonnay grapes that provide its backbone.