Louis Roederer - Brut Vintage Champagne 2016 (750ml)
Price: $93.00
| Producer | Louis Roederer |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Varietal | Champagne Blend |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Sku | 9224 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 96 Points
Complex nose of restrained strawberries and lemon zest with macerated flowers and shortbread. Full body and plenty of concentration with pinprick mousse long and chewy integrated acidity and amazing length. Pinot noir and chardonnay. Drink or hold.
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The Wine Independent: 95+ Points
The 2016 Vintage Brut is a blend of 68% Pinot Noir and 32% Chardonnay with 7 grams per liter of dosage. Only 5% of the blend underwent malo-lactic and 33% of the base wines were aged in French oak. Showy notes of Red Delicious apples ripe pears honeycomb and cashews prance out of the glass giving way to underlying orange blossom and fresh ginger scents. To its credit the palate is on the dry side with its sweetness coming from ripe fruit as opposed to added dosage offset by supportive yet skillfully balanced acidity showcasing the ripe nuanced seductive fruit finishing long and creamy. More gregarious than its 2016 Cristal counterpart this is a flamboyant yet age-worthy Vintage Brut. Love it. Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown Review date: 2024-07-31
Wine Enthusiast: 95 Points
Produced from the first vineyard acquired by Roederer in 1841, this Champagne shows the beginnings of maturity as well as ripe, fresh apple fruit flavors. An aroma of toast mingled with kiwi fruits gives a finely balanced wine now ready to drink.
Wine Spectator: 94 Points
A seamless Champagne deftly knitting flavors of crushed black raspberry tangerine peel chalk and Marcona almond with the fine china?like acidity and satiny mousse. The graceful balance gives this an effortless feel but there's intensity and drive to this well-tailored version. Long and fragrant on the finish with hints of ground ginger blood orange zest and mineral. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Drink now through 2040. ?A.N.
