2016 | Louis Roederer Cristal Millesime Brut | Champagne 10 Year Aged with a slow and long

with a slow and long fermentation that takes between three and nine months

Lush and spicy

concentrated from the many old vines in the blend

What an attractive dry Alsace riesling this is

2016 | Louis Roederer Cristal Millesime Brut | Champagne 10 Year Aged with a slow and longThe 2016 Cristal is a blend of 58% Pinot Noir and 42% Chardonnay with 7 grams per liter of dosage. No malo lactic was performed here, and 31% of the base wines were aged in French oak. The nose begins with bright red berry notes of fresh raspberries and strawberries before opening out to a complex undercurrent of saffron, white chocolate, talc, bakers yeast, and emerging wafts of citron blossom and pear tart. The palate is very dry and spicy, not