Roederer Estate California Sparkling Wine Tasting with Special Guest Winemaker Arnaud Weyrich Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 7:30 PM

 

 

"It wasn't always like this. Before Paris, people didn't drink our wine. I mean, my friends did. But you could hardly consider their palates discerning..."

 

Bo Barrett - Bottle Shock 

 

We have been good friends with Maison Marque and Domaines for many years and we have hosted at least 100 events over the last 27 years with this family-owned company that was founded in 1987 as the US sales and marketing arm for Champagne Louis Roederer and its California winery, Roederer Estate.  The key objectives were to manage the complex distribution system in order to ensure the delivery of perfect quality products to the consumers as well as to build each individual brand’s image and what a better place to host an event than at the Wine Watch Wine Bar.  So, when I heard that the winemaker for Roederer Estate was coming to South Florida I jumped at the chance to host an event at the wine bar with Arnaud Weyrich.

 

Today, the company has grown into a well-respected marketer of prestigious, family-owned producers. A group of wineries represented by MMD are owned by Maison Louis Roederer, including:  Roederer Estate, Scharffenberger Cellars, Domaine Anderson, Merry Edwards Winery, Ramos Pinto, Delas Frères, Domaines Ott, and the Bordeaux properties of Château Pichon Comtesse and Château de Pez.

 

We have everything that this wine group produces in the store and for the last 27 years that I have owned the store Roederer Estate has been our biggest seller in it’s category!!  To me nothing comes close to the quality of this the entry level Sparkling wine that we have on SALE on this offering for $25.50, I challenge you to find a better bottle of bubbles at this price from anywhere in the world including Champagne!   
 

Join us as we welcome Arnaud to South Florida for a special night of Roederer Estate wines paired to an incredible menu prepared by chefs Toni and Dani.  The fee for this tasting which includes dinner is $195 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com. 

 

Roederer Estate California Sparkling Wine Tasting

with Special Guest Winemaker Arnaud Weyrich

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

7:30 PM

NV Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley

Price: $30.00               Sale Price: $25.50     

Founded in 1982, Roederer Estate is nestled in Mendocino County’s fog-shrouded, Anderson Valley. As the California property of Champagne Louis Roederer, Roederer Estate builds upon a centuries-old tradition of fine winemaking. The premium grape growing region's proximity to the Pacific ocean gives rise to a gentle cycle of warm days and cool nights, allowing grapes to mature slowly on the vine and develop full varietal character. Among the very few California sparkling wine houses that only sources estate-grown fruit, Roederer Estate is also meticulous about all its farming decisions. The winemaking process begins with in-depth knowledge of the Estate soils to introduce open lyre trellis system or high density plantation, extends to the decision to farm vineyards organically and biodynamically, and finishes by painstakingly tracking grape maturity to achieve perfect balance at harvest.

 

2020 Roederer Estate "Clark Road Vineyard "Anderson Valley Brut Sparkling Wine

Price: $45.00               Your Price: $39.60

When a wine is made from a single vineyard, rather than from a blend of selected lots of wine, it becomes a representation of a specific place. In the case of our newest offering, 2020 Clark Road Vineyard, it is an expression of a specially chosen site on our estate, or what could be referred to as a “grower” wine. The Roederer Estate house style is modeled upon what we learned from our forebears in France, and in that vein, to make a true “grower” Champagne in France, you must get your hands dirty in the process of crafting your wine from the roots up.

 

2020 Clark Road Vineyard is a hand-made bottling. This vineyard is on the cool west side of Anderson Valley, where Pinot Noir thrives. We are intimately familiar with this site, which we have been farming since 1999. During those years, we have learned that we can leave the fruit on the vine longer than other sites, and as we allow it to ripen, it develops the juicy acidity so essential to top-quality sparkling wine. Flint and pastry crust aromatics showcase long aging on the yeast and give way to delicate ripe cherry flavors. The bubbles are soft on entry. This wine is bold, yet delicate and long.

 

Clark Road Vineyard sparkling wine offers insight into a sense of place, and it validates that we belong here, with our hands in this earth. We are delighted to share it with you.

 

Price: $69.00               Your Price: $60.72

(100 Points) If sunshine could be bottled it would be this. Aromas of fresh succulent stone fruit, a hint of yeast, citrus blossoms and notes of quince on the nose. The mousse is creamy and light with baked red apples, blood orange zest, white grapefruit, sticky caramel and layered salinity with a mouthwatering finish. It will bring a smile to your lips. Cellar Selection Wine Enthusiast

 

NV Roederer Estate Brut Rose, Anderson Valley, USA

Price: $36.50               Your Price: $32.12

(93 points) "This wine is pale-pink salmon-hued with aromas of yeasty brioche, fresh raspberry, youthful strawberry, white tea and spiced orange zest on the nose. The midpalate is firm mousse, dried raspberry, orange blossom, gliding into supple orange cream and white grapefruit with a dry finish. Pair with life." Wine Enthusiast.

 

2015 Roederer Estate L'Ermitage Rose Anderson Valley

Price: $105.00                          Your Price: $92.40

(94 points) "This effusively aromatic blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Roederer Estate is absolutely delightful. L’Ermitage, both Brut and Rosé, is a special tête de cuvée. This sparkling wine is made only from pre-selected, estate-grown grapes in exceptional years—aromatics of pink cotton candy, ripe apricot flesh and red apple peel. The palate is exquisite and refined. Candied peach, blood orange and a touch of wet chalk to finish." — Decanter, Clive Pursehouse, July 2023

 

Menu

Truffle Parmesan Shoestring Fries

Smoked Ducktrap Salmon  topped with Italian Sturgeon Caviar on Smashed Tater tots

Crispy Pork Belly with Orange Marmalade BBQ Served over Creamy Georgia Grits

Fried Chicken Kiev served with Bernaise Sauce and Foie Gras Torchon Toast

Fruit tart with Limoncello Whipped Creme

 

The fee for this tasting which includes dinner is $195 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.  Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any food allergies or dietary restrictions and chefs Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you.

 

 

A bit about Roederer Estate

 

Unlike most of the major Champagne houses which count on independent growers for most of their stocks, the firm of Louis Roederer believed that reliance on others was tantamount to accepting a diminution in quality.  Although Roederer was always looking to expand its holdings, it was almost impossible to find vineyards in Champagne that appraised as high as Roederer's average 97.5% rating.  In a generation of earnestly searching, Roederer was able to add a meager eight acres to its holdings.  Sales had topped out at about 2,000,000 bottles - just about where they had been almost 100 years ago!  The house philosophy meant that Roederer had maxed out in Champagne -the only choice was to come to America.

 

In the late 1970's when the decision was made to locate somewhere in the western United States, the president of Roederer, dispatched his uncle, André Rouzaud, who began a two year search from Santa Barbara to Oregon looking for that magic spot for Roederer to sink its roots.  An austere Chardonnay discovered in Mendocino's Anderson Valley was the deciding factor.  It was taken home to France and scored a first in a blind tasting against Chardonnays from Roederer's top vineyards.  From that point forward, the verdict was a go.

 

With the tremendous influx of sparkling wine emigrees we have witnessed in the past two decades, it seemed almost as if Roederer Estate was a Johnny-come-lately.  The California beachhead was established by Domaine Chandon in 1973 - then came Piper-Sonoma.  Roederer Estate was actually the third man in; but others, Domaine Mumm and Maison Deutz, for example, arrived later but debuted as much as two years earlier.  Roederer took its time; the goal was to make wines in America in its own image.  One didn't buy land, put down vineyards, build a winery, and bring in special equipment in the space of a year or two.  All the others had gotten on line much more quickly than Roederer because they did what they had always done in France - buy grapes from growers.  Roederer always eschewed that certain lack of independence and control over their wines - they were determined that their American estate would be different from all the others.

 

In 1982 Roederer purchased almost 600 acres in three locations in the Anderson Valley - overnight they became the valley's largest owner of vineyard property, claiming title to over 40% of the grapes in this small enclave of close-knit growers.  They built a winery that might not have pleased the flamboyant style of the late Madame Roederer, but it no doubt precipitated a sigh of relief in the local community.  The 48,000 square foot facility, built 2/3 under the ground, was constructed of rustic redwood and blended harmoniously with the existing structures in the surrounding area.  It is a stark contrast to the garish and ostentatious château unveiled several years ago by the Taittingers in the Napa Valley at Domaine Carneros.

 

Roederer has spared no expense (it is said that Roederer invested almost $20 million in their American venture) in its attempt to make the best possible wine.  According to Rouzaud, "The luxury of being a family business has allowed us not to have to worry about quarterly dividends or independent shareholders...the family realizes that it is going to take a generation to get a return on our substantial investment.  In the fall of 1988 we finally experienced the first small returns from a business standpoint."

 

Roederer's uniqueness lies more in its methods of production than in the fact that it's wines are entirely estate grown.  What separates Roederer from all others in California is its total commitment to oak.  A peek into the cool cask room at Roederer Estate is an impressive sight.  There rest the huge 1100 gallon oak casks constructed to house the reserve stocks that are the foundation on which the wines of Roederer Estate are constructed.  The beautiful polished barrels imported from central France from the forests of Châteauroux and Tronçay cost $9,000 dollars each.  So important are these barrels to the entire Roederer concept that winemaker Dr. Michel Salgues flies to France to personally inspect each new one before it is shipped to the States.  The last twelve arrived in the summer of 1990, thus completing the arsenal of 54 vats that will house 30% of Roederer's eventual production of some 85,000 cases.  These barrels are the very soul of Roederer's New World foray - these magnificent vessels serve the same purpose back home in France.  According to Rouzard, that is an important distinction:  "We are not looking for oak in our wines - we are looking for what happens to the wine in oak."

 

Roederer's first release (a blend from the 1985 and 1986 harvests) came in 1988 - it was a small debut with about 4500 cases appearing in select U.S. markets.  The vineyards are planted to about 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir, and it is here that Roederer Estate takes a token stab at autonomy from the ways of Mother Roederer.  The winery uses almost 70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Noir in the assemblage.  Back home in France the ratio is nearly the reverse.  The winery introduced about 200 cases of an excellent NV Brut Rosé in 1992; in 1994 production climbed to about 1500 cases.  In 1993 Roederer Estate introduced what may be the best sparkling wine yet made in California - it was called "L'Ermitage".  4500 cases of 1989 "L'Ermitage" were produced, and the wine got sensational reviews.

 

A bit about our Host WINEMAKER ARNAUD WEYRICH

 

Arnaud Weyrich began his career at Roederer Estate as an intern after he graduated in 1993 from the prestigious Montpellier school, “Ecole Supérieure d’Oenologie” with

a Master of Science in Viticulture and Enology.

 With a strong background in both viticulture and enology, Arnaud put his education to work during his internship. This experience was the start of a great relationship with Maison Louis Roederer, as he later returned to the company and today holds the title of Winemaker and Vice President of Production.

 After completing his internship, Arnaud moved back to France to be with his fiancée. This move also included a position with a large retail company where he managed all quality control issues for the beverages under the company’s private label.

 With his passion for the wine industry and an interest in moving back to a smaller company, Arnaud happily returned to Roederer Estate in 2000. As assistant winemaker, he supervised all winemaking operations while respecting the 200-year-old traditional winemaking techniques so important to the house style of Champagne Louis Roederer.

 With a strong and diverse background in all winemaking techniques, Arnaud then moved to Reims where he was the Chief Technical Officer in charge of Development for Champagne Louis Roederer for over a year.

 When the opportunity arose in 2002, Arnaud moved his family back to Roederer Estate and has since managed the winery in all aspects, from the vineyard to the day-to-day business

 

 

All the Louis Roederer Champagne in the Store on SALE!!

 

 

2012 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Champagne Methuselah 6 liter

Price: $15950.00                      Your Price: $14036.00                    Quantity in Stock: 1

(98 Points) The 2012 vintage of Cristal is the first to be produced entirely from Demeter-certified, biodynamically-farmed fruit, which is a landmark for Maison Roederer. The future is now here! I have been looking forward to this release of this vintage of Cristal for a few years now, but sadly found myself not in top form to appreciate its debut, as I was so suffering from jet lag after my three weeks on the road in November that my energy level was no match for this beautiful young wine. The 2012 Cristal is its customary cépages of sixty percent pinot noir and forty percent chardonnay and none of the vins clairs went through malo this year, with one-third of the blend barrel-fermented. The wine was finished in 2012 with a dosage of 7.5 grams per liter and offers up a beautiful young nose of pear, apple, fresh lemon, white flowers, a very complex base of chalky minerality, a hint of the caraway seed to come and a topnote of white flowers. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and nascently complex, with a racy girdle of acidity, a rock solid core, impeccable focus and grip, refined mousse and stunning length and grip on the poised and perfectly balanced finish. This is another great vintage of Cristal in the making, but it deserves plenty of time in the cellar to blossom properly. Review Date: 11/2019, John Gilman

 

 

2016 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Champagne

Price: $395.00                           Your Price: $347.60

(98 Points) The 2016 Cristal is a blend of 58% Pinot Noir and 42% Chardonnay with 7 grams per liter of dosage. No malo-lactic was performed here, and 31% of the base wines were aged in French oak. The nose begins with bright red berry notes of fresh raspberries and strawberries before opening out to a complex undercurrent of saffron, white chocolate, talc, baker’s yeast, and emerging wafts of citron blossom and pear tart. The palate is very dry and spicy, not needing even a touch more sweetness thanks to the abundance of ripe berry and citrus flavors, delivering beautifully knit acidity and typically tiny, persistent bubbles. It finishes with notes of effervescent chalkiness and saffron flowers, leaving you reaching for another sip. (LPB) The Wine Independent, Review Date: 07/2024

 

2015 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Champagne

Price: $395.00                           Your Price: $347.60                         Quantity in Stock: 1

(95 points) " If the 2014 vintage was especially open and demonstrative, the 2015 Cristal is going to require more patience. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of citrus oil, crisp stone fruits, white flowers, crushed mint and subtle hints of buttery pastry, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with a deep, concentrated and rather introverted core of fruit framed by chalky extract and animated by a pretty pinpoint mousse. This is a serious, vinous Champagne that has considerable substance to age and may well evolve along the lines of the lovely 1985." Wine Advocate.

 

2014 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Champagne

Price: $395.00                           Your Price: $347.60                         Quantity in Stock: 13

(98 Points) This vivid Champagne has upfront and linear definition, thanks to rapierlike acidity, with finely meshed flavors of ripe black cherry and mandarin orange fruit, raw almond, anise and cardamom spice as well as a touch of honeycomb, which all unfurl and expand on the fine, creamy palate. Sleek acidity continues through to the finish, with additional racy character provided by a streak of minerally saline and chalk, which gains momentum through the midpalate and rings out on the well-cut, lasting finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Drink now through 2040.  Wine Spectator

 

2012 LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL BRUT CHAMPAGNE Magnum

Price: $823.50                           Your Price: $724.68

(98 Points) The 2012 Cristal is another absolutely stellar wine this flight of recent releases. Rich, vinous and beautifully textured, the 2012 has been nothing short of magnificent on the three occasions I have tasted it so far. In the glass, the 2012 is radiant and luscious, yet it possesses remarkable transparency and striking aromatic depth. Light tropical notes develop in the glass, giving the 2012 a real feeling of exotic beauty. The 2012 is the first vintage of Cristal done with 100% organically-farmed fruit, an approach introduced gradually starting with the 2007 that has profoundly changes Cristal, especially in its aromatic breadth. Two thousand twelve is the vintage where endless trials and experiments in farming and winemaking are fully realized. The 2012 is just stunning. It's as simple as that. Dosage is just over 7 grams per liter, the lowest it has even been for Cristal.  Vinous, Antonio Galloni, December 2019

 

 

2014 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Rose Champagne

Price: $673.50                           Your Price: $592.68

A “weather waltz”, and one with clear, sharp contrasts!  The spring was sunny and dry and ended with a heatwave in June; summer was autumnal, cool and rainy; September was hot, sunny and very dry… weather we would usually associate with the month of August. The ‘key’ to the vintage lay in the soils as well as in the work carried out by the winegrowers. The good drainage properties of the chalk on the lower-middle part of the hillside helped us greatly by allowing the excess water from the summer to drain away which limited any excess vigour in the vines.

These factors were complemented by our increasingly eco-friendly viticultural practices which allow us to take our quest for grapes of perfect balance and maturity even further.

With its trim, ripe fruit and delicious texture,  Cristal Rosé 2014 shows incredible precision.  An almost electric delicacy with great intensity of flavour.  Pink hue with slightly coppery tints.

 Dynamic bubbles forming a lingering bead. Pure, precise and dazzling bouquet. The intense Pinot noir aromas take us back to the harvest time with its pure, ripe and concentrated fruit: zesty red berries (red currants, wild raspberries, blackcurrants) and raspberry liqueur. Then come sweet spice and smoky notes with a hint of reduction (smoky, spicy) from the Pinot noir with its notes of undergrowth.

Concentrated and broad on the palate, where the red fruit (strawberries, raspberries) is concentrated into a firm, dense texture that reveals itself in two stages that reflect the year's extremes: Initially the texture is silky and broad on entry (the final ripeness) and then followed by a firm and intense freshness (the cool summer). We have a sensation of concentration, of a whirlwind of flavours that burst delicately and gradually like salt bubbles on the palate. The saline, iodine impression combines with the smoky notes and acidity to create umami and an infinitely flavoursome finish

 

2013 Louis Roederer Cristal Rose Brut Champagne

Price: $675.00                           Your Price: $594.00                         Quantity in Stock: 11

A great rosé champagne must be made from very ripe grapes, which are sometimes difficult to obtain in the Champagne climate. As a result, Louis Roederer has chosen to invest in one of the earliest Champagne crus, Cumières, for which the steeply-sloping, shallow clay and limestone soils face south and benefit from the additional light reflected from the river Marne, enabling phenolic maturity to be achieved. In these select terroirs, Louis Roederer applies the precise winemaking methods required for the production of a saignée rosé. The style of this rosé is elegant, full-bodied and with delicate fruitiness (red fruits). Brut Rosé is 100% estate-bottled from the grapes of the historic family-owned vineyards.   Blend: 63% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay

 

1996 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Rose Millesime Champagne MAGNUM

Price: $2250.00                        Your Price: $1980.00                       Quantity in Stock: 1

(98 Points) The 1996 Cristal Rose is an intensely-flavored Champagne with an unusually light pale salmon color. Its effervescence is restrained (almost non-existent), but the flavors are intense in this dry, austere, provocative offering. An outrageously great, singularly-styled rose Champagne, it is best served with intensely-flavored food. It is a tour de force in Champagne to enjoy over the next 7-10 years. Louis Roederer does not display a disgorgement date or consumer friendly lot number on its non-vintage Brut. This is regrettable as it has consistently been one of the finer bottlings in this category. (RP)  Wine Advocate, Review Date: 12/2005

 

 

2017 Louis Roederer Rose Brut Champagne

Price: $85.50               Your Price: $75.24

Lovely pink hue with light copper tints. Steady flow of fine bubbles. An immediate bouquet of forest fruit (wild strawberries and raspberries) and citrus (blood orange) with some zesty and powdery petal-like notes (rose-flavored macaroons). Upon aeration, the citrus fruit gives way to iodised and chocolate nuances with a few spicy and resinous (cedar) overtones. The palate is caressingly soft, delicious, delicate and elegant. We have the sensation of a silky texture that softly evaporates to give way to a cloud of delicate and slightly spicy perfumes. The fruit is concentrated and almost liqueur-like on the mid-palate where it is energised by the fresh and iodised flavors. On the finish, the delectable chocolate nuances combine with the chalky freshness to create a lingering and pure impression of salinity.

Blend: 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay

 

2013 Louis Roederer Brut Rose Millesime Champagne Magnum

Price: $267.00                           Your Price: $234.96

(92 Points) The Roederer 2013 Rosé has a lovely light pink color and opens with highly delicate red fruit and flowery aromas. The wine is light, fresh, pure, very delicate and stimulatingly salty. Very energetic and at the same time caressing. The finish displays pink grapefruit, blood orange, and lime zest flavors. Highly stimulating in its purity, freshness and citrus character. Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon finds it less vinous than the 2012, but he thinks the 2013 has huge aging potential. Disgorged in January, tasted at the domaine in May 2018.  Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

 

2012 Louis Roederer Rose Brut Champagne Magnum

Price: $220.50                           Your Price: $194.04

A great rosé champagne must be made from very ripe grapes, which are sometimes difficult to obtain in the Champagne climate. As a result, Louis Roederer has chosen to invest in one of the earliest Champagne crus, Cumières, for which the steeply-sloping, shallow clay and limestone soils face south and benefit from the additional light reflected from the river Marne, enabling phenolic maturity to be achieved. In these select terroirs, Louis Roederer applies the precise winemaking methods required for the production of a saignée rosé. The style of this rosé is elegant, full-bodied and with delicate fruitiness (red fruits). Louis Roederer Brut Rosé is 100% estate-bottled from the grapes of the historic family-owned vineyards.

2012 was one of the most challenging and complicated years ever experienced in Champagne. Yet difficult conditions often lead to great things… The low yields, due to the vagaries of the weather, combined with continental conditions towards the end of the season, gave us unusual levels of maturity, resulting in rich, full-bodied and structured wines worthy of the greatest vintages in Champagne.

On the eye: Golden pink hue with bright red tints. Exceptionally fine, lively sparkle forming even, persistent streams of bubbles.

On the nose: Intense bouquet of ripe fruit (blackcurrant) and candied orange, accompanied by subtle notes of orange blossom and Madagascar vanilla. The bouquet is very stable, dense and opens out slowly to reveal a deep, sweet character.

On the palate: Smooth and full-bodied on entry to the palate. Its ripe, warm palate is both tactile (silky texture) and rounded (ripe, sweet anthocyanins with an almost liquorous consistency), and is lengthened by a fresh, chalky finish. Subtle notes of hazelnut and cocoa beans linger on the end palate.

 Varietals: 63% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay

Aging: 4 years

 

 

 

2018 Louis Roederer et Philippe Starck Brut Nature Millesime Champagne

Price: $115.50                           Your Price: $101.6

Charming, delicate and refined, Brut Nature 2018 takes the generous character of the year and turns it into a wave of fruity, saline freshness. It exudes harmony and precision, revealing the exceptional limestone backbone created by these cool terroirs in Cumières.

The result of a free-spirited collaboration between the Louis Roederer Champagne House and creator Philippe Starck, this pared-down, zero-dosage champagne captures the essence of Cumières' black soils in a sunny vintage. Produced exclusively in warm, dry years, it reflects our vision of a “climate change laboratory” through its singular taste.

For almost 20 years, our Brut Nature has been a marker of the changes occurring in the Champagne region and is a pioneering model of experimentation. Produced exclusively in hot, dry years, it is a forerunner of the champagnes of tomorrow and a platform for experimentation. The winegrowing practices used in its production are tailored to this specific context and offer a glimpse into the future of the region's viticulture.

Brut Nature is the embodiment of this changing Champagne region, reflecting the shifting landscape in its restrained style and understated design. A veritable incubator of innovation, Brut Nature benefits all the Louis Roederer champagnes as it helps us anticipate and adapt to these changes.

« Brut Nature is the showcase of our most innovative experiments of the last 20 years, it is a ‘laboratory of climate change’ that has allowed us to rediscover certain traditional and sometimes forgotten skills, such as knowing how to bring out the best in the original Champagne grape varieties or the practice of complantation. »

— Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, Cellar Master, Champagne Louis Roederer

 

 

2015 LOUIS ROEDERER BRUT NATURE CHAMPAGNE MAGNUN

Price: $315.00                           Your Price: $277.20

2015 Louis Roederer et Philippe Starck Brut Nature Millesime Champagne

Price: $99.00                             Your Price: $87.12                           Quantity in Stock: 1

(94 points) The most compelling rendition of this bottling that Roederer has produced to date, the 2015 Brut Nature exhibits inviting aromas of golden orchard fruit, clear honey, dried white flowers and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied, layered and vinous, with a fleshy, concentrated core of fruit, chalky structure and a long, precise finish, it's a Pinot Noir-dominant blend from Cumières that's slightly lower in pressure, making for a more delicate mousse. (WK)" (8/2022)  Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

2015 Louis Roederer Brut Nature Rose Philippe Starck Champagne

Price: $112.50                           Your Price: $99.00

(94 points) "To produce the 2015 Brut Nature Rosé, Lécaillon and his team picked the ripest Pinot Noir in Roederer's holdings in lieu-dit Les Chèvres a week before the rest of their fruit there, macerating it at low temperature for four to five days before adding some 20% of this Pinot Noir to the same base that produces the regular Brut Nature. Delivering aromas of peach, clear honey, freshly baked bread and almond paste, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with a rich, vinous profile, racy acids and a long, chalky finish. This has always been a structured wine, but in 2015, that structure is cloaked in more flesh and texture." Wine Advocate.

 

 

2015 Louis Roederer Blanc De Blancs Brut Champagne

Price: $105.00                           Your Price: $92.40                           Quantity in Stock: 6

Inspired by the Champagne House’s savoir-faire in the harvest of a single year, this pure Chardonnay is grown on hillside plots in the Avize terroir in the heart of the “La Côte” estate. This champagne draws its strength from the intense chalkiness of these limestone soils which lend it its infinite freshness. With time, this champagne reveals the power and identity of these great terroirs.

Composed of 100% Chardonnay, the Blanc de Blancs Vintage cuvée is generally matured on lees for five years and left for a minimum of 6 months after dégorgement (disgorging) to attain perfect maturity.

Carried by the saline freshness of the limestone, this Blanc de Blancs is a slender, straight, luminous wine, with a caressing and powdery texture, where the minerality is finely linked to the substance. It is the triumph of Chardonnays!

 

2017 Louis Roederer Blanc De Blancs Brut Champagne

Price: $101.25                           Your Price: $89.10

Intense yellow hue with bright, luminous tints. An even flow of creamy, ultra-fine bubbles. Bouquet of harvest (almonds), spring flowers (honeysuckle) and citrus (lemon). The aromas are harmonious and deep, with delicate notes of roasted almonds and roasting. Upon aeration, powdery and chalky nuances emerge, creating a refined reductive nose typical of exceptional Chardonnays. Precise, juicy and deep on entry to the palate, this wine exudes a magnificent concentration of ripe fruit and floral aromas interwoven with a mineral freshness. The mouthfeel is creamy and chalky, almost powdery and drying, imparting a trim, finely honed quality to the palate. Juicy and rounded, the wine is drawn out into a fresh, powdery finish. The palate crescendos like a torrent of white mountain water, with a lingering sweetness from the wood ageing complementing the saline length and structure imparted by the white chalk of Avize.

NV Champagne Louis Roederer Collection 245 Brut

Price: $57.00               Your Price: $50.16                    Quantity in Stock: 5

This is the 245th blend of Roederer's non-vintage Champagne. It is a fine wine, highlighting the blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, bringing in reserve wines to give richness and balance. It is fresh, beginning to show signs of maturity, with an apple aroma and a ripe palate. Drink now.

 

NV Champagne Louis Roederer Collection 243 Magnum

Price: $108.00                           Your Price: $95.04

The Perpetual Reserve was created to accentuate the freshness in the wines and balance the ripeness of the harvest. Started with the 2012 vintage, enriched each year with wines from the latest harvest and stored in large capacity stainless steel vats, this Perpetual Reserve brings new tasting sensations, both tactile and gustatory.

These reserve wines are Louis Roederer’s hallmark signature, the very essence of its style. They are aged in oak barrels and make up 10% of the Collection 243 blend. The patina of age adds a lovely softness to the blend and some slightly toasted smoky notes.

 

NV Louis Roederer Brut Collection 242 Champagne Magnum

Price: $108.00                           Your Price: $95.04

(92 points) "Based on the 2017 vintage, Roederer's NV Brut Collection 242 continues to drink very well, offering up aromas of pear, orange zest, white flowers, almonds and hazelnuts. Medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with racy acids and a bright, saline finish, it's a great success in a challenging base year." Wine Advocate.

 

 

NV Louis Roederer Carte Blanche Champagne Demi Sec

Price: $55.50                             Your Price: $48.84

After the upheavals of the early 1900s, particularly the First World War that destroyed more than half of the Louis Roederer estate, Léon Olry Roederer reconstructed the vineyards. He decided to buy grapes to ensure the continuity of the House during this difficult period and, at the same time, created a multi-vintage wine that would have a consistent flavour, whatever the harvest year. The Carte Blanche cuvée—like Brut Premier—is produced from around 40% Pinot noir, 40% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Meunier, 5% of which is wine matured in oak tuns. It is aged for 3 years in Louis Roederer’s cellars and left for a minimum of 6 months after dégorgement (disgorging). Carte Blanche, which has more dosage added than Brut Premier, perfectly reflects the great tradition of demi-sec champagnes. Ample, creamy, with a refined and persistent acidity that gives it a very delicate freshness, this blend has ripe fruit notes with almost caramelized accents and a flavour of honey and ground almonds.