Louis Roederer, Cristal Rose Vintage:2012 This is a bit firmer

This is a bit firmer than the Combottes with even more evident minerality on the delicious

it needs another 5 years or so in the cellar

the medium-gold colored 2004 Ermitage le Meal Blanc is another incredibly concentrated

Here the lightly wooded nose is notably spicy if brooding with mostly dark berry fruit and earth scents holding the upper hand for the moment

at least on this showing - it has velvety tannins that pack a punch

Louis Roederer, Cristal Rose Vintage:2012 This is a bit firmerThe 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