Description
// 41% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Noir and 26% Pinot Meunier
Dosage: 7gr/l
54% base wine from 2019 harvest
36% perpetual reserve wine & 10% oak-aged reserve wines (containing the seven vintages from 2012 to 2018)
"Dry and continental and of magnificent maturity, this year (2019) gave us wines that were dense and fresh, with a masterful balance, conducive to bringing out the powerful and luscious Collection character in the blend. All the wines from this harvest were rigorously tasted, plot by plot, before being blended in a complex symphony recreating the perfect picture of the vintage. True to its roots, the Champagne House wanted to reflect its historical origins in the blend: 1/3 from our "La Rivière' Estate, 1/3 from our 'La Montagne' Estate and 1/3 from our 'La Côte' Estate. Aged for almost 4 years in our cellars, Collection 244 is a wine that has reached great plenitude, borne by the maturity of the year, the freshness of the Perpetual Reserve and the complexity of the oak-aged reserve wines. It is a wonderfully well-balanced champagne with an incredibly luscious power, marking the return of the Meunier grape variety, which adds a fruity, caressing softness to the more structured, saline Pinots noirs and Chardonnays." - House Notes
"Very light straw-yellow hue with a discreet, reserved aroma: there are straw/mineral/quartzy, broken-rock and fresh herb aromas, the palate is quite full and voluminous but also dry and clean at the finish, aided by a touch of phenolic grip. It's one of the more generous blends with big flavour and some roundness, generosity and an appetising finish." - 95 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
"Roederer's NV Brut Collection 244 is the finest release of the house's reimagined non-vintage Brut to date. Offering up aromas of pear, peach and nectarine mingled with notions of white flowers, beeswax, freshly baked bread and buttery pastry, it's medium to full-bodied, layered and fleshy, with a pretty pinpoint mousse, racy acids and a long, chalky finish. The quality of the base vintage really shines through." - 93+ Points, William Kelley, Wine Advocate
