..this is a wine that puts many prestige cuvées to shame.
95 Points - William Kelley (The Wine Advocate)
About The Wine
Champagne Louis Roederer is a simply great producer, for the volume of wine they release. They own a large amount of their own vineyards, are embracing organic and biodynamic viticulture, and act like a small grower rather than the big house they are.
Their vintage release is Pinot Noir dominant, at around 70%, and comes predominantly from their own vineyards in Verzy and Chouilly.
Beautifully concentrated, spicy and smooth, with a panoply of orchard fruits, particularly ripe peach.
A fine, fine wine that touches all the pleasure centres.
About Louis Roederer
The House of Roederer officially dates back to 1776 but its real history kicks off in 1833 when the entrepreneur Louis Roederer took the reins.
It remains, unusually for a large Champagne house, in family hands, and this is perhaps one of the reasons it has moved with the times so readily. They are fully behind the move to leave behind the industrial agriculture of the region's recent past and embrace organic practices across their growing vineyard portfolio.
Based in Reims, with vineyards spanning the region but concentrated in the great Pinot Noir area of La Montagne de Reims, they are perhaps our favourite 'commercial' Champagne house.

Champagne, France