Louis Roederer Brut CRISTAL Rose Vintage Champagne

Appearance: Ripe yellow with pastel green-gold highlights. Nose: Rich and ripe with juicy fruit aromas , with a generous sweetness indicating a powerful wine. A hint of brioche starts to show through, but it is the ripe fruit aromas that really dominate. Palate: Full and round on the attack. Fine creamy mousse supporting a powerful wine. The full concentration of the 1996 vintage is really present in this wine. A vinous finish with finesse and freshness and a quite impressive persistence. With a little more time it will develop into an even more beautifully harmonious wine. BLENDING: 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay. Cristal is produced using only the finest vintages from crus guaranteed to originate from the Louis Roederer vineyard. The wine is left to mature on yeast for five years and spends a minimum period of six months in the cellar after disgorgement. DOSAGE: 11 g/l. The 'liqueurs de dosage' are prepared with the greatest of care from a selected blend of 8 to 10 of the very best crus from the Louis Roederer vineyard and then left to age in oak. (6 x 75 cl)

Mousse: Lively and creamy bubbles forming a persistent, efervescent ring of precious tiny beads. Appearance: Satiny sheen, reflecting the warmth of old Roman tiles aged in the sun. Nose: Intense, generous bouquet with predominant aromas of figs, raspberries and wild strawberries. Palate: The attack is inviting. An immense wine with great finesse. A succession of red fruit flavors lead to a lingering finish. It is soft and fresh, and distinguished by its silky elegance. The cuvÉe Cristal Ros© is produced exclusively from the best grapes of Champagne Louis Roederer's own "Premier Cru" vineyards: A', Verzenay, Verzy and Cumières for the Pinot Noir and Oger and Avize for the Chardonnay. Winemaking Louis Roederer uses the "skin-contact" maceration technique to make its ros© champagnes. It is a traditional method in which the must is left to macerate for several hours in the press to extract the natural pigments. To obtain the unique color and style of this particular ros©, Louis Roederer uses Pinot Noir from very old vines from the Cumières region, which yield extremely ripe grapes of outstanding aromatic concentration. Louis Roederer Ros© requires a four to five year maturation period on the lees. Like all Louis Roederer champagnes, after being disgorged, it is left for another six months to allow for perfect blending. Blend and Dosage 70 percent Pinot Noir, 30 percent Chardonnay A dosage of about four ounces of sugar per quart (3 x 75 cl)

Louis Roederer CRISTAL Rose Brut Vintage Champagne from France, Champagne by Louis Roederer (1 x 75 cl)

Louis Roederer Brut CRISTAL Rose Vintage Champagne from France, Champagne by Louis Roederer (1 x 75 cl)

Louis Roederer Brut CRISTAL Rose Vintage Champagne from France, Champagne by Louis Roederer (1 x 1.5 Litres)

The color of the wine is salmon-pink with gold reflections. On the nose, it has rich notes of blackberry and candied fruit. On the palate, it is very round with a creamy texture and delicate bubbles that reveal flavors of blackberries and prunes. The wine has a strong, lingering finish with well-balanced structure typical of the Pinot Noir grape. (6 x 75 cl)

Louis Roederer CRISTAL Brut Vintage Champagne from France, Champagne by Louis Roederer (12 x 75 cl)

Louis Roederer CRISTAL Brut Vintage Champagne from France, Champagne by Louis Roederer (1 x 1.5 Litres)

Louis Roederer Brut CRISTAL Vintage Champagne from France, Champagne by Louis Roederer (1 x 1.5 Litres)