Louis Roederer, Cristal Rose Vintage:2012 from the Coteaux du Languedoc

from the Coteaux du Languedoc

The palate is much better and more expressive with tangy marmalade and quince notes

Fine-grained tannins sneak in very slowly and meld seamlessly with the energetic fruit

it needs another 5 years or so in the cellar

Moderate but not invasive wood sets off overtly floral red and dark berry fruit aromas that are liberally spiked with warm earth and spice wisps

Louis Roederer, Cristal Rose Vintage:2012 from the Coteaux du LanguedocThe finest rendition of this cuve that Lcaillon has produced to dateand, indeed, one of the finest wines produced by any of Champagne's important houses in the last two or three decadesis the 2008 Cristal Ros, a brilliant wine that derives from a mere four of the 45 plots that are candidates for inclusion in Cristal, two blocks of Pinot Noir from A, one of Chardonnay from Mesnil and another from Avize, and I suspect that its origin in the crme de la