Vinous: 94 Points
The 2016 Brut Blanc de Blancs Vintage is laced with hints of tropical fruit lime mint passionfruit and crushed rocks. Intensely aromatic and light on its feet the 2016 impresses with its gracious understated personality. Sourced from plots in the mid-slope Grand Cru vineyard of La Côte in Avize readers will find a Blanc de Blancs endowed with tons of energy and nuance. Dosage is 8 grams per liter. - By Antonio Galloni on November 2023
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
Produced from four plots in Avize the 2016 Brut Blanc de Blancs was disgorged in February 2022 with seven grams per liter dosage. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of citrus oil and peach mingled with toasted almonds buttery pastry iodine and white flowers it's medium to full-bodied ample and fleshy with a deep and layered core of fruit racy acids and a long succulent finish it stands out once again as the insider's choice in the Roederer range. As I've written before Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon never seems to rest on his laurels. Roederer is already one of the region's leaders in farming having committed two decades ago to a plan that most other grandes marques are only now beginning to emulate?an evolution outlined in more detail in the March 2020 Week 1 Issue of The Wine Advocate to which I refer readers looking for more insights into this house's methodology. On my latest visit to Reims we looked at the new Blanc de Blancs the latest Cristal Rosé and the new release of Brut Collection Roederer's reimagined non-vintage Brut which now embraces the base vintage rather than trying to efface it accepting variation from iteration to iteration. Published: Dec 14 2023
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