Medium

Cork

Rosé

France

The counterpart to the Late Release of Cristal 2008, this rosé edition was also disgorged in 2022 after 13 years on the lees. Extended ageing, lees shaking ('poignetage') and four years of post-disgorgement ageing have brought deep, spicy, savoury undertones to this most vivid and energetic Cristal Rosé, built heavily around Pinot Noir from the grand cru village of Aÿ. Dried red berries and pink grapefruit meet an engaging, evolving set of ageing characters from iodine to the beginnings of truffle and sous-bois; this is showing its noble Pinot Noir pedigree. Despite this, the sheer purity of 2008 fruit is still the main act here, stony, sapid and persistent. Magnums (also tasted) offer an extra degree of purity and vibrancy.

Chardonnay

Pinot Noir / Pinot Nero

Louis Roederer, Cristal Rosé Late Release, Champagne, France, 2008

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The counterpart to the Late Release of Cristal 2008, this rosé edition was also disgorged in 2022 after 13 years on the lees. Ex

Louis Roederer, Cristal Rosé Late Release, Champagne, France, 2008

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