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Louis Roederer Cristal Rose 2014 75cl
Louis Roederer Cristal Rose 2014 75cl

Louis Roederer Cristal Rose 2014 75cl

Louis Roederer Cristal Rose 2014 75cl

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    Overview

    Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé 2014


    Introduction:
    In 1974, almost 200 years after the establishment of the Champagne House of Louis Roederer and 100 years after the creation of Cristal, Jean-Claude Rouzaud decided to create the Cristal Rosé cuvée. 

    To achieve this, he selected old-vine Pinot noir grapes (using massale selection, which involves propagation from the vineyard's most successful plants) from the finest grand cru vineyards of Aÿ. The limestone bedrock and unique calcareous clay soil enable the vines (in the best years) to attain exceptional fruit maturity, complemented by a pure and crystalline acidity that is a perfect evocation of the Cristal style. Today, the vineyards are cultivated according to biodynamic principles. 

    Tasting Notes:
    With its trim, ripe fruit and delicious texture, Cristal Rosé 2014 shows incredible precision. An almost electric delicacy with great intensity of flavour. 

    Pink hue with slightly coppery tints. Dynamic bubbles forming a lingering bead. 

    Pure, precise and dazzling bouquet. The intense Pinot noir aromas take us back to the harvest time with its
    pure, ripe and concentrated fruit: zesty red berries (red currants, wild raspberries, blackcurrants) and raspberry liqueur. Then come sweet spice and smoky notes with a hint of reduction (smoky, spicy) from the Pinot noir with its notes of undergrowth. 

    Concentrated and broad on the palate, where the red fruit (strawberries, raspberries) is concentrated into a firm, dense texture that reveals itself in two stages that reflect the year's extremes: Initially the texture is silky and broad on entry (the final ripeness) and then followed by a firm and intense freshness (the cool summer). 

    We have a sensation of concentration, of a whirlwind of flavours that burst delicately and gradually like salt bubbles on the palate. The saline, iodine impression combines with the smoky notes and acidity to create umami and an infinitely flavoursome finish.

    Vintage 2014:
    A "weather waltz", and one with clear, sharp contrasts! 

    The spring was sunny and dry and ended with a heatwave in June; summer was autumnal, cool and rainy; September was hot, sunny and very dry... weather we would usually associate with the month of August. The 'key' to the vintage lay in the soils as well as in the work carried out by the winegrowers. The good drainage properties of the chalk on the lower-middle part of the hillside helped us greatly by allowing the excess water from the summer to drain away which limited any excess vigour in the vines. 

    These factors were complemented by our increasingly eco-friendly viticultural practices which allow us to take our quest for grapes of perfect balance and maturity even further.

    ORIGINS:
    1/2 our "la Rivière" Estate
    1/2 our "la Côte" Estate

    MAIN CRUS:
    Ay, Avize, Mesnil-sur-Oger

    GRAPE VARIETIES:
    55% Pinot noir
    45% Chardonnay

    WINE IN OAK: 19%
    MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: 0%
    DOSAGE: 8g/l

    HARVEST:
    From 11 to 21 September 2014 

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