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1996 Champagne Louis Roederer, Cristal Vinothèque, Brut

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - mature (Drink 2002 - 2020)
Product: 19968104865

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1996 Champagne Louis Roederer, Cristal Vinothèque, Brut

Description

The 1996 Cristal Vinothèque spent ten years sur lattes and four years sur pointe (for an explanation of those terms, readers are directed to the accompanying article) before disgorgement. Opening in the glass with a complex bouquet of dried fruits, honeycomb, fresh butter, lemon oil, spices and smoke, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and integrated, its racy spine of vintage-typical acidity elegantly cloaked in crisp but fleshy fruit, with terrific concentration and a long, precise finish. Incisive and powerful, this is a 1996 Champagne that has turned out very well indeed.

Drink 2019 - 2040

William Kelley, Wine Advocate (March 2020)

Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 1996
Alcohol % 12%
Maturity Ready - mature (2002 - 2020)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Louis Roederer

About this wine

Champagne

Champagne

In 1668, Dom Pérignon is said to have discovered how to make sparkling wine; today his technique is used the world over, although Champagne continues to make some of the finest. France’s most northerly wine region, Champagne is now home to 15,000 growers and 290 ‘houses’. A blend of grape varieties is usually required: white Chardonnay to add fruit and elegance, and two reds – Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier – to provide body and backbone.
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