Description
// 68% Pinot Noir and 32% Chardonnay (Premier & Grand Cru fruit from Verzy and Chouilly)
Disgorged mid-2024
7g/L dosage
"Mid-light straw colour, the slight brassy tint showing the red grapes in the blend; the bouquet loaded with aromas of bread-crust, dried herb and small flowers, hints of dried citrus fruits and fresh lemon. The palate is brightly crisp and frisky, very dry and with energising acidity. It borders on austerity thanks to the acidity, while there is also rich nutty, toasty mouth-filling flavour to balance. A bracing wine that cries out for food." - 97 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
"Louis Roederer's 2016 vintage features plenty of Pinot Noir from the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims, which shows some of the vintage's typical mixture of juicy up-front fruit and freshness. It still feels young – this needs more time than some current vintage releases – but it is tightly packed with ripe apricot, fragrant blackberry and strawberry fruit and a tapered, elongated finish brightened with zesty Chouilly Chardonnay. There's a touch of nutty savour building, too, with a third of the wine fermented in oak. This will come into its own with another three to five years in the cellar." - 94 Points, Tom Hewson, Decanter
