Champagne, FranceRoederer is an amazing accomplishment: progressive, classic, innovative and traditional, with very high quality on a very large scale. This is the largest independent, family-owned and managed house (founded in 1776), managing more than 235ha of prime vineyards which supply 75 percent of its needs. Of that, more than two-thirds are Grand Cru fruit. Their vintage wines are solely from their estate properties. Though 2007 was not the greatest vintage, Roederer has produced one of the best wines of the year. Such a lovely nod to the Roederer style: elegant, unhurried, complexed, and proper. The 2007 blends 70/30 pinot noir/ chardonnay, 30 percent of which is aged in wood sans MLF. After blending and bottling, this spends four years in the cellar. Toasted hazelnuts, pear brioche, nougat, on a deeply cushioned pillow. Lemon / orange laced acidity lifts the heft, unhurriedly, to a lingering lemony finish. Quite proper, and fitting for a special occasion now, or time in the cellar for later.Tasted: 01 November 2018Tasted by: Prices:
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$97.99
750ml
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Producer: Champagne Louis RoedererDistributors: Authentic Wine and Spirits Merchants Blend: Pinot Noir - ChardonnayCSPC: 214098UPC: 3114080025055
Champagne, FranceAt Roederer the 2007 Vintage Brut is describes as 'a fine expression of the 'measured' power of the Pinot Noir, in a subtle balance of smoothness and richness, instinctively balanced by freshness and lightness." The mix is 70/30 pinot noir to chardonnay that spends four years in the cellar; thirty per cent of the wine is aged in wood. There is a silky creamy brioche note on the palate but with idiosyncrasies of a vintage characterized by a warm start, a cool middle and followed by drought and then an ideal harvest. Currently edgy on entry with hints of apples pears and hazelnuts and an even more subtle note of earth. Best with food at this point and another five to seven years of bottle age.Tasted: 09 March 2014Tasted by: Prices:
BC
$97.99
750ml
BCLS
Producer: Champagne Louis RoedererDistributors: Authentic Wine and Spirits Merchants Blend: Pinot Noir - ChardonnayCSPC: 214098UPC: 3114080025055
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