1997 | Louis Roederer | Cristal Vinotheque (Magnum)

Description

Sparkling Wine: 1997 | Louis Roederer | Cristal Vinotheque (Magnum)

On the nose, a complex bouquet of white flowers, almonds, honey and nougat together with caramelised tarte tatin quality. Luscious and velvety on the palate, with candied citrus character accompanied by saline chalky freshness.

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Producer: Louis Roederer

Ratings: WA | 95

Vintage: 1997

Size: 1.5L

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Champagne

On the nose, a complex bouquet of white flowers, almonds, honey and nougat together with caramelised tarte tatin quality. Luscious and velvety on the palate, with candied citrus character accompanied by saline chalky freshness.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 1997 Cristal Vinothèque spent 15 years sur lattes and four years sur pointes (where bottles are stored neck-down to minimize contact between the lees and the wine as well as ensuring a hermetic seal to the bottle) before disgorgement. It has shown brilliantly both times I’ve encountered it this year unwinding in the glass with scents of sweet citrus fruit peach spices iodine and fresh bread. Medium to full-bodied racy and incisive it’s a precise chiseled wine with a deep core and a long saline finish.

Producer Information

Although founded in 1776, the house in its current guise began in 1833, when Louis Roederer took the reins from his uncle and renamed the business for himself. Roederer set out to capture foreign markets, and most famously that of Russia; Roederer became the wine of choice for the Russian royal family. Cristal – now one of the region’s top prestige cuvées along with the likes of Dom Pérignon (Moët), Belle Époque (Perrier-Jouet), Comtes de Champagne (Taittinger) or Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill (Pol Roger) – was created for the notoriously paranoid Tsar Alexander II of Russia, who requested the bottle be clear and flat-bottomed to prevent hidden explosives. Louis Roederer acquired several grand cru vineyards in Champagne in 1845 to add to his portfolio. This was unusual for the time as the majority of houses were buying grapes from growers rather than cultivating their own. Today, the Roederer vineyards encompass around 240 hectares (600 acres) of land in the Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne and the Côte des Blancs. By 2012, around 25 percent of the vineyards were managed biodynamically (the 2012 Cristal is made from biodynamically farmed grapes).
Louis Roederer is a well-regarded Champagne house based in the city of Reims and best-known for its flagship wine: Cristal. The house, established in the late 18th Century, is still family-owned, and produces a house style with equal amounts of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, around one-fifth Pinot Meunier.