Winery Louis Roederer - Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé)

Winery Louis RoedererCristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé)

Wine of France Sparkling wine of Champagne of France
4.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) of Winery Louis Roederer is a sparkling wine from the region of Champagne.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Pinot noir.
In the mouth this sparkling wine is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
The Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) of the Winery Louis Roederer is in the top 70 of wines of France and in the top 20 of wines of Champagne.

Taste structure of the Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) from the Winery Louis Roederer

Light
Bold
Soft
Acidic
Gentle
Fizzy

In the mouth the Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) of Winery Louis Roederer in the region of Champagne is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

quinine

Wine with oak taste

caramel, creme brulee

Wine with floral taste

acacia

On the nose the Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) of Winery Louis Roederer in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, roasted almonds or spices and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, oak or vegetal.

Details and technical informations about Winery Louis Roederer's Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé).

Winemaker
Frederic Rouzaud
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
12°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) - 2016
In the top 20 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) - 2015
In the top 20 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) - 2014
In the top 20 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) - 2013
In the top 20 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) - 2012
In the top 20 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) - 2011
In the top 20 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.711110.5
Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) - 2010
In the top 20 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5

The best vintages of Cristal Brut Champagne (Millésimé) from Winery Louis Roederer are 1982, 2011, 1990, 2008 and 1996.

Informations about the Winery Louis Roederer

The winery offers 27 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
This winery is part of the Louis Roederer.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Champagne
Find the Winery Louis Roederer on Facebook and on Twitter

The Winery Louis Roederer is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Champagne
In the top 75 of of France wines
In the top 25 of of Champagne wines
In the top 25 of sparkling wines
In the top 450 wines of the world

The wine region of Champagne

Champagne is the name of the world's most famous Sparkling wine, the appellation under which it is sold and the French wine region from which it comes. Although it has been used to refer to sparkling wines around the world - a point of controversy and legal wrangling in recent decades - Champagne is a legally controlled and restricted name. See the labels of Champagne wines. The fame and success of Champagne is, of course, the product of many Complex factors.

News related to this wine

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Chardonnay

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Chardonnay, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgogne ...

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Montbellet

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Montbellet, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The word of the wine: Primeur (purchase in)

Purchase made shortly after the harvest and before the wine is ready for consumption.

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