Champagne Cristal 2014

Description

Champagne Cristal from Maison Louis Roederer with the AOC designation is born in Reims, in that area of northern France traditionally dedicated to the production of some of the most renowned champagnes in the world. Cristal has a fascinating history, having been created in 1876 at the request of Tsar Alexander II to receive annually the Maison's best cuvée, embellished with an original detail: a pure crystal bottle. A prized blend that draws its strong personality from the unique characteristics of the Champagne terroir. The climate is influenced by two forces: continental and oceanic. This results in harsh winters with little seasonal temperature variation, a fair amount of rainfall, and abundant sunshine in summer. The soil is calcareous with a chalky undertone that ensures excellent drainage and gives the local products an unmistakable mineral aftertaste. Cristal Champagne is made only in the richest years using a very specific blend: 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay. The harvest takes place exactly 100 days after the vines bloom, generally during the first ten days of October. In the cellar, the first 2,000 liters obtained from the pressing represent the actual cuvée. The must immediately begins an initial fermentation process that lasts until spring, the period during which the Chef des Caves tastes and determines the harmonious combination of the crus. The secondary fermentation takes place in the pupitres, special racks that allow the champagne to maintain the correct position during the riddling. At this point the Cristal is ready for a double rest before the habillage of the bottle: 6 years in the cellar and 8 months after the dégorgement.

Details

Perfume

The olfattive feelings are wide, intense that remember the warm bread crust, the fruit sand bank, the honey, the chocolate and delicate spiced feelings.

Color

At visual examination cannot that crystalline being! The spuma it is rich with the most fine and interminable sparkling.

Taste

Is rich, satisfactory with a entusiasmanti concentration and length.

Serve at:

06 - 08 °C.

Longevity:

15 - 25 years

Producer

Producer

Louis Roederer

From this winery

• Start up year: 1776
• Bottles produced: 3.200.000
• Hectares: 250

The cuvées of the House of Louis Roederer are the fruit of patient work with fundamental ingredients, the collaboration of experts, a quest for the perfect balance, and hardy and generous grapes, cultivated in the Champagne soil, producing a wine with a summery character and crystalline elegance. 250 hectares located exclusively in the Grands and Premiers Crus of the Marne.

Our plot-by-plot approach to vine cultivation, which takes into account the specificities of the different soils, enables us to produce exceptionally mature grapes. Read more

Champagne region

Technical Sheet

Name	Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal 2014
Type	White classic method sparkling wine brut
Denomination	Champagne AOC
Vintage	2014
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	12.0% by volume
Grape varieties	55% Pinot Nero, 45% Chardonnay
Country	France
Region	Champagne region
Vendor	Louis Roederer
Origin	A passion for great wines and a desire to compensate for the limits that the "château policy" naturally imposes on the development of Louis Roederer Champagne have, over the years, driven Jean Claude and then Frédéric Rouzaud to acquire an exclusive group of properties around the Champagne House in Reims which, although managed truly independently, share the same philosophy of excellence, and today make up the "Louis Roederer Group". It comprises Roederer Estate and Scharffenberger, both in California, Champagne Deutz and Maison Delas in the Rhone Valley, Ramos Pinto and its vineyards in Douro, Portugal, Les Domaines Ott* in Provence, and Château de Pez and Château Haut Beauséjour in Bordeaux (Saint Estéphe), which were joined at the end of 2006 by Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande (Pauillac) and Château Bernadotte (Haut Médoc). Louis Roederer also has an equal share with the Duclot Group in the Maison Descaves in Bordeaux.
Allergens	Contains sulphites