Roederer, Louis - Champagner Cristal Brut 2016

Bewertungen

• 100/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  "The 2016 Champagne Cristal is chalky and pristine, with a crystalline nature and notes of white peach, fresh citrus blossoms, and bright salinity. Tasted for the first time last year, it captures a precise and focused energy that’s unmatched. It boasts the energy and tension of 2002 and the precision of 2008. The wet-stone minerality of fresh chalk texture is profound, opening with medium body, showing pinpoint mousse, and sustaining a weightless energy through the long finish. This is not an obvious wine on opening, but it is by far one of my favorite wines of the year. It is going to require some patience, but it is worth stashing away and should have fantastic longevity. Drink 2027-2050."

• 99/100

  Falstaff
  "Helles Goldgelb, silberfarbene Reflexe, feines, anhaltendes Mousseux. Zarte Nuancen von frischen Limetten, weiße Tropenfrucht, Blütenaromen, ein Hauch von grünem Apfel, vermittelt kühle, attraktive Frische. Straff, schon im Antrunk voll kreidiger Salinität, engmaschig, Noten von Weingartenpfirsich, sehr lebendig, zitroniger Touch, verfügt über Länge und Potenzial, salzig im Nachhall, ein komplexer Speisenbegleiter mit sicherem Entwicklungspotenzial. Wird sich in die Serie der großen kühlen Jahre wie 2002, 2008 und 2012 nahtlos einreihen."

• 98/100

  James Suckling
  "This has wonderfully pure fruit aromas, such as peaches, Asian pears and golden apples, alongside lemon curd, gingerbread, chalk and jasmine. Rock salt and oyster shells follow on the palate, which is so seamless that you scarcely notice the super-fine bubbles. It’s concentrated yet gentle at the same time, with impressive resolution and integration of all components. Salty and creamy at the very-long finish. Fantastic! 58% pinot noir and 42% chardonnay. Drink or hold."

• 97/100

  Decanter
  "Cristal 2016 represents a return to purity and classicism for this cuvée, even seen through the lens of 2016's ripe, generous opening. It is characteristically discreet in youth, cloaking its ripeness in long, chalky, stony energy. Gentle mandarin, pale apricot and raspberry fruit sit under slowly maturing notions of floral honey and tight, smoky charm. There's an airy, flowing delicacy and persistence which lifts this cuvée above some other expressions of this year. It's a hugely promising Cristal, likely to stand as tall as the sought-after 2012 and 2013 releases."