2015 Louis Roederer Cristal

Country: France Region: Champagne Vintage: 2015 Cépage: Pinot Noir (60%); Chardonnay (40%) Size: 750 ml Rating(s): 95+ (RP); 96 (JD); 97 (JS) " For the warm and dry vintage this has tremendous freshness and elegance. The complex nose of citrus blossom, mint, lemon and lime zest opens up slowly as this aerates in the glass. The wine’s ample structure is still quite firm, which is a vintage characteristic, the mousse very fine but also very lively for an eight-year-old champagne. Cristal fans will love this as it is, but a year or two more in the bottle will do a lot for the very long mineral finish of this youthful masterpiece." James Suckling (JS) - 07/23