GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Louis Roederer
Region: Champagne, France
Appellation: AOC Champagne
Type: Dry rosé wine, Sparkling, Vintage Champagne
Vintage: 2015
Date of Tasting: April 2023
Type of viticulture: Reasoned
Grapes used: Pinot noir 50% + Chardonnay 37% + Pinot meunier 13%
Vintage Blend: 100% grapes from 2015
Winemaking details: not communicated
Aging: not communicated
Sugar level: low (Brut Nature, <3g/Liter of residual sugar)
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Orange
- Intensity = Pale
NOSE
- Intensity = Pronounced
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = wild raspberry, citrus, peppery and floral notes of violet and gentian, hints of roasted notes, mineral notes
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry (<3g/Liter of residual sugar)
- Acidity = High
- Tannins = no
- Alcohol = Medium (12.5%)
- Body = Medium+
- Flavour Intensity = Pronounced
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = wild raspberry, peppery and spicy notes, violet, blossom, hints of roasted notes, mineral notes
- Other = beautiful acidity and pureness of the fruits
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Outstanding
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 10-15 years
- Can gain some complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 100 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = good
- Comparison with same price competition = very good
- Suitability for Diabetics = suitable (Brut Nature, <3g/Liter of residual sugar)
- Service Temperature = around 8°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = salmon, raw fish, grilled salmon, sea food, grilled shrimps, Jambon de Bayonne, Parma Ham, Culatello ham, sushis,
- Comments = I love this rosé Champagne, purity of fruit and aromas, precision of acidity and bubbles, aromatic complexity. We can only thank Louis Roederer, Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon and Philippe Starck for FINALLY offering us a Brut Nature Champagne rosé of this quality and precision. I can only recommend it, especially since it still has good aging potential.
- Final Grade = A
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
