Description
// 64% Pinot Noir and 36% Chardonnay (all Grand Cru fruit from La Riviere)
8g/L dosage
"Late Release is a collection of vintage champagnes whose maturation “sur lattes” has been prolonged by around 10 years and which, after more than two decades of ageing, are revealing themselves to us in a new light as they reach the peak of their expression. Having been carefully preserved for many long years in the complete darkness of the Louis Roederer cellars, in perfect temperature and humidity conditions, these vintage champagnes are now reaching the pinnacle of their potential and are disclosing a new facet of themselves. Delicate, fragrant bouquet of fresh, slightly distilled tart red fruit (cherries, blackcurrants) combined with chalky and toasted almond notes resulting from the autolysis process. Almost more of a white champagne than a rosé! The palate is poised, powerful and vinous, giving the impression of a well-crafted juice. The texture is caressingly soft and almost comforting. This rosé champagne gives itself over immediately and with no holds barred, revealing a great softness that is delicious and almost sensual. A fresh finish lightens the whole with a slight, ripe and tannic bitterness that adds depth and persistence of flavour." - House Notes
"The 1998 Rosé Late Release is laced with hints of wild cherry, mocha, chocolate, leather and dried herbs. Even in this under the radar vintage, the Rosé shows so much character and freshness. At times, it comes across as a mini-Cristal Rosé, a comparison I am very comfortable making, having tasted numerous vintages of that Champagne recently." - 93 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous
"The 1998 vintage is an 'explosion of Pinot' according to Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon. This late-release edition of Roederer's Vintage Rosé, with 10 years on lees, is accordingly exuberant. The strawberry tart, cherry and toasty almond flavours are still bountiful, if starting to show a beautiful, dry-spice maturity and sweetness. A little more immediate and perhaps less complex than some of the other vintages in this collection, this wins out through sheer Pinot Noir fragrance." - 93 Points, Tom Hewson, Decanter
