James Suckling: 99 Points
This is a great vintage for Cristal Rosé. The pinot noir finds a band of power and expressiveness. The power here is impressive very assertive and rich really mouth-filling and super deep. This is exceptional and has intense chalky and fresh white-peach and nectarine aromas underpinning red flowers and pink fruit. The palate has a scintillating blend of flesh and mineral cut packed with such sweet pristine white-strawberry flavor and texture. This has such incredible potential. So exciting. Will take another two or threw years to resolve. Look out for this! Drink from 2025
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Vinous: 98+ Points
The 2012 Cristal Rosé is magnificent. When Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon started to move Roederer towards organically farmed fruit he started with Cristal Rosé Roederer’s smallest production cuveé. Because of that Cristal Rosé is the wine in this range that shows the current Roederer style in its fullest expression. Rich vivid and crystalline in the glass the 2012 Cristal Rosé is a Champagne of tremendous gravitas. Chalk white flowers sweet red berry fruit mint and blood orange are all beautifully delineated. The 2012 is 55% Pinot from Ay and 45% Chardonnay from Mesnil and Avize. The Pinot fruit gets a 7-10 day cold soak an is the infused into the fermenting Chardonnay musts. Readers who can find the 2012 should not hesitate as it is truly magical. Dosage is 8 grams per liter." -- Antonio Galloni
Wine Advocate: 98 Points
The 2012 Cristal Rosé is showing brilliantly unwinding in the glass with a beautiful bouquet of fresh peach bergamot strawberries tangerine and blanched almonds that's still quite reserved. On the palate the wine is full-bodied deep and strikingly complete its vinous attack segueing into a multidimensional core that exemplifies the ideal of power without weight built around a racy but integrated spine of animating acidity and complemented by an exquisitely refined mousse. All the concentration of the 2012 vintage is on display but it's rendered with terrific finesse. Decidedly youthful and introverted?indeed I spent several hours with a bottle to compose this note?the 2012 will really come into its own with five or six years in the cellar and displays all the attributes necessary for considerable longevity. It's a blend of 56% Pinot Noir and 44% Chardonnay that saw no malolactic fermentation and it was disgorged with eight grams per liter dosage. Published: Mar 05 2020
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