Louis Roederer’s cellar master Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, who could not be present for the London launch, refers to 2015 as a ‘soil vintage’, one that spoke of the deep-rooted vines of what the estate refers to as Domaine Cristal, a range of 45 plots across seven grand cru villages that are farmed organically and biodynamically.
The grapes that make it into Cristal must be from vines older than 20 years in order to express both the chalkiness and salinity of these soils.
Scroll down to see the tasting note and score for Cristal 2015
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Anne Krebiehl MW tastes and rates Cristal 2015:
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