Louis Roederer, a wonderful family-owned Champagne house founded in 1776, has a tremendous reputation for quality. Since 1979 it has been run by Jean-Claude Rouzaud. 80% of the firm’s needs are supplied by their own, magnificent, 444 acres of vineyard holdings.
Louis Roederer’s Pinot Noir based non-vintage Brut Premier is powerful and richly-honeyed and is far superior to most other producers’ vintage Champagnes.
In 1876 Louis Roederer created the now famous Cristal, at the request of Alexander II. This once intensely sweet wine is now one of the most luscious, deeply flavoured champagnes available, with the ’88, ’89 and ’90 among the greatest Cristals ever released.
Louis Roederer Cristal Rose 2002 1500ml
$3,726.00
The 2002 Cristal Rose has always been suspected to become a legend one day. Now, nine years later, the onion-colored wine has arrived in the Olympus of the finest Champagnes. Clear, matured and vinous on the intense and complex yet very delicate nose, this is a lush, succulent, perfectly round and intense 2002 that equilibrates its generosity and texture with great elegance and spellbinding balance. Stunningly, this seamless, charmingly seductive and voluptuous character is combined with great purity and harmony, especially in the finish that is not just round and caressing but also fresh, piquant and stimulatingly salty. Is there anything more we could expect from a Rose Champagne? Even if you served me the wine in a black glass, it would still be a gorgeous, beautiful wine. Yes, it’s wine rather than anything else, and its bubbly vinosity makes me desperate for more. If I just could, I would marry the 2002 Cristal Rose straightaway.
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