2007 Louis Roederer Cristal Rose

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– champagneclub.com, tested March 2016

The 2007 Cristal Rosé opens with the most captivating, extraordinary bouquet imaginable. Sweet, exquisite and beautifully layered in the glass, the 2007 is intense yet weightless, with extraordinary overall balance and remarkable finesse. Today, the 2007 Cristal Rosé is a wine of pure seduction. There is little doubt the 2007 is a great Cristal Rosé in the making. This is the first vintage in which all of the fruit was farmed according to biodynamic principles. According to winemaker Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, biodynamic farming has brought increased aromatic presence in the fruit and also given the Pinot a bit more intensity than normal, so much so that in 2007 the blend is 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay as opposed to the 60/40 split that has been more typical over the years. In 2007, the fruit was picked in August, which is also unusual, but bud break got off to an early start, so the growing season turned out to be longer than the classic 100-day period that is typical from bud-break to harvest. All of that means the 2007 Cristal Rosé is a much more classic-feeling wine that one might have expected.

– vinous.com, May 2015

Quality 988 | Brand 922 | Economics 774 |

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Quality: The highest Quality score in its peer group for the 2007 vintage, at 988 compared to a peer group average of 798 Brand: We found this wine on 22 of the world's top restaurant wine lists, including Amber - Mandarin Oriental Economics: Above its peer group average price of £100 for the 2007 vintage Production:

- www.wine-lister.com, June 2017