Buy Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal 2012 at the best price
Rating : 97+/100 Parker
Drink Date : 2022 - 2050
Reviewed by William Kelley on the 12th Dec 2019 :
"Aromas of clear honey, crisp green orchard fruit, white peach, pastry cream and dried white flowers introduce the 2012 Cristal, a full-bodied, concentrated and powerful wine that's built for the cellar. Broader, more textural and more muscular than the 2008 Cristal, with seemingly even greater reserves of structuring dry extract, the 2012 is incisive and searingly chalky. This is the first Cristal produced exclusively from organically farmed fruit, and it marks the opening of a new chapter for Louis Roderer. The blend is 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, vinified without malolactic fermentation and disgorged with 7.5 grams per liter dosage. Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon has once again excelled himself."
The domain tells you about it:
2012. A year of contrasts, of light and effort, where the maturity of the grapes forged a Cristal of a new dimension.
It is a new viticulture, carried out at full strength, which resonates intensely with this new vintage. This unusual and complex year gave birth to two cuvees, intensely Cristal, new Cristal: a white and a rosé. Where finesse, power, purity and elegance fill the whole space and once again contain the flamboyance of these chalk soils.
Born from a year of contrasts, Cristal 2012 weaves a subtle link between strength and finesse, the happy alliance of exquisite depth associated with the freshness of its limestone terroir. Carried by a firepower, this wine of substance, born in the light of the white soils, finds a rare intensity in this year of high maturity.
Data sheet
| Note | More than 97 |
|---|---|
| PR rating | 95+/100 |
| Note WS | |
| Partner Areas | Yes |
| Recoverable VAT | Yes |
| Colour | Sparkling |
| Format | Magnum (150cl) |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Volume | 12,50 % vol - 150 cl |
| Appellation | Champagne |
| Level | Perfect |
| Label | Perfect |
| Region | Champagne |
| Champagne Houses | Roederer |
| Prix | More than €150 |
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