Louis Roederer Champagne Brut Rose 2012 1.5 L

Introduction

Born mostly from our vines in Cumires, this ros benefits from a long and soft infusion of the Pinot Noir that allows the extraction of the juice and ripeness all the while preserving this great saline freshness. Producer Information Louis Roederer is a well-regarded Champagne house based in the city of Reims and best-known for its flagship wine: Cristal. The house, established in the late 18th Century, is still family-owned, and produces a house style with equal amounts of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, around one-fifth Pinot Meunier. Although founded in 1776, the house in its current guise began in 1833, when Louis Roederer took the reins from his uncle and renamed the business for himself. Roederer set out to capture foreign markets, and most famously that of Russia; Roederer became the wine of choice for the Russian royal family. Cristal now one of the region’s top prestige cuves along with the likes of Dom Prignon (Mot), Belle poque (Perrier-Jouet), Comtes de Champagne (Taittinger) or Cuve Sir Winston Churchill (Pol Roger) was created for the notoriously paranoid Tsar Alexander II of Russia, who requested the bottle be clear and flat-bottomed to prevent hidden explosives. Louis Roederer acquired several grand cru vineyards in Champagne in 1845 to add to his portfolio. This was unusual for the time as the majority of houses were buying grapes from growers rather than cultivating their own. Today, the Roederer vineyards encompass around 240 hectares (600 acres) of land in the Montagne de Reims, Valle de la Marne and the Cte des Blancs. By 2012, around 25 percent of the vineyards were managed biodynamically (the 2012 Cristal is made from biodynamically farmed grapes).