Type: Champagne
Country: France
Region: Champagne
Code: ROED140
Cristal Brut 2016 is sourced from 32 vineyard plots across Verzenay, Verzy, Beaumont-sur-Vesle, Ay, Avize, Mesnil-sur-Oger and Cramant. The blend is 58% Pinot Noir and 42% Chardonnay, combining ripe, structured Pinot Noir with chalky, saline Chardonnay.

Louis Roederer

Louis Roederer Champagne, famous for Cristal Champagne, is a Champagne house of exceptional quality, aristocratic elegance and distinct style. When he inherited the Champagne House in 1833, the aesthete and entrepreneur Louis Roederer took a visionary approach to enriching his vines, aiming to master every stage of the wine’s creation. He forged the wine’s unique style, character, and taste. In the mid-nineteenth century, Louis Roederer acquired some of Champagne’s g...

Bright, shiny yellow in hue with fine, slow-moving bubbles. The aromas are intense and precise, with acacia, roasted lemon, peach and mirabelle plum, followed by iodine, powdery and roasted notes. The palate is soft, concentrated and refined, showing ripe fruit, chalky texture and tactile, almost salty bubbles. Wheat and oyster shell notes add depth. The finish is long, saline, crystalline and remarkably pure.
An obvious selection for that special occasion. Superb on its own or a fabulous match for shellfish and oysters.
Cristal 2016 is composed of 58% Pinot Noir and 42% Chardonnay. A total of 31% of the wines are vinified in oak, with no malolactic fermentation, preserving freshness, precision and chalk-driven tension. The dosage is 7g/l. Cristal is aged for six years in Louis Roederer’s cellars and rested for a further eight months after disgorgement, developing depth, integration and fine autolytic complexity.

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