Louis Roederer, Blanc de Blancs

Louis Roederer, Blanc de BlancsRoederer's 2011 Blanc de Blancs is showing brilliantly and no doubt reflects Lecaillon's decision to be extremely selective, taking fruit only from four particularly successful plots in Avize. Offering up aromas of crisp yellow apple, blanched almonds, white flowers and nougat, it's medium to full bodied, pillowy and enveloping, with a ripe but racy core of fruit that's complemented by a delicate, low pressure mousse, concluding with an elegantly

The highly complex

I tried a second bottle a couple of weeks later and it was as good or even better

with excellent depth to its red and blue fruit and floral pastille flavors

showing rich black fruits

persistency and gloss

The 2018 Pavie was picked from 1 to 10 October

white currants and peaches

it feels masculine and structured on the finish and perhaps translates more the growing season that Saint-Estèphe

with rainfalls in June and August

despite being surprisingly youthful for a wine that is already ten years old

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