Louis Roederer, Cristal Rose Vintage:2002 austere and very tightly wound

austere and very tightly wound finale

2015 was very dry

pear preserves and caramel studded with white raisin and candied citrus peels make for an aromatic display of head-turning intensity and a creamy

Broad and rich but also magically airy in the mouth

with youthfully firm tannins adding shape and final grip

Louis Roederer, Cristal Rose Vintage:2002 austere and very tightly woundThe finest rendition of this cuve that Lcaillon has produced to dateand, indeed, one of the finest wines produced by any of Champagne's important houses in the last two or three decadesis the 2008 Cristal Ros, a brilliant wine that derives from a mere four of the 45 plots that are candidates for inclusion in Cristal, two blocks of Pinot Noir from A, one of Chardonnay from Mesnil and another from Avize, and I suspect that its origin in the crme de la