2012 | Louis Roederer | et Philippe Starck Brut Nature Millesime Rose

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Sparkling Wine: 2012 | Louis Roederer | et Philippe Starck Brut Nature Millesime Rose

Macerated strawberries, white peach, toasted hazelnuts, shortbread, with pink peppercorn, and a creamy mousse.

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Producer: Louis Roederer

Ratings: JS | 93 WE | 93

Vintage: 2012

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Champagne Blend

Country/Region: France, Champagne

Historic Champagne house Louis Roederer doesn’t shy away from a challenge. All of its vineyards are now farmed using organic or biodynamic methods, and its Brut Nature expressions are made with no dosage, relying only on spectacularly well matured grapes. This 2012 ros Champagne is the first ros of its Brut Nature collections, made from 55% pinot noir, 25% pinot meunier, and 20% chardonnay, spending six years on lees. Stunning stuff for celebrations on warm summer evenings.

Reviews:

• James Suckling: Firm, with racy acidity, this finely integrated ros Champagne boasts a subtle undertow of smoky mineral and a lacy mousse supporting smoked almond, kumquat, dried white cherry and spun honey flavors that echo on the zesty finish.

• Wine Enthusiast: This bone-dry Champagne, conceived by Roederer and designer Philippe Starck, shows fine maturity that balances the tight texture that still comes from the freshest fruits. With this balance and poise this beautiful wine is ready to drink.

Producer Information

Louis Roederer is a well-regarded Champagne house based in the city of Reims and best-known for its flagship wine: Cristal. The house, established in the late 18th Century, is still family-owned, and produces a house style with equal amounts of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, around one-fifth Pinot Meunier. Although founded in 1776, the house in its current guise began in 1833, when Louis Roederer took the reins from his uncle and renamed the business for himself. Roederer set out to capture foreign markets, and most famously that of Russia; Roederer became the wine of choice for the Russian royal family. Cristal now one of the region’s top prestige cuves along with the likes of Dom Prignon (Mot), Belle poque (Perrier-Jouet), Comtes de Champagne (Taittinger) or Cuve Sir Winston Churchill (Pol Roger) was created for the notoriously paranoid Tsar Alexander II of Russia, who requested the bottle be clear and flat-bottomed to prevent hidden explosives. Louis Roederer acquired several grand cru vineyards in Champagne in 1845 to add to his portfolio. This was unusual for the time as the majority of houses were buying grapes from growers rather than cultivating their own. Today, the Roederer vineyards encompass around 240 hectares (600 acres) of land in the Montagne de Reims, Valle de la Marne and the Cte des Blancs. By 2012, around 25 percent of the vineyards were managed biodynamically (the 2012 Cristal is made from biodynamically farmed grapes). The Roederer portfolio also includes non-vintage and vintage brut, ros and blanc de blancs wines. More recently, there has been collaboration between the house and French designer Phillippe Starck to create a Champagne Brut Nature. The house signature tends to be based around the Pinot grapes (Noir and Meunier).