Wine Spectator Score: 90

Robert Parker Score: 95

Tanzer Score: 93

Region: Champagne

Type: Sparkling Wine

Color: White

Varietal: Champagne

Vintage: 2002

Size: 750ML

Available: 2

Brand: See more from Roederer Louis (France)

Sku: 107288

Price: $649.99

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Product Information:

Winemaker's notes: A salmon pink hue, with radiant highlights and incredible youth. A regular, refi ned and lively eff ervescence. An intense, rich, bewitching bouquet of red fruit and citrus zest associated with more complex notes redolent of cedar and spring sap. The aromas evolve gently in the glass evolving from dried fruits, fresh almonds and frangipane, to notes of Tarte Tatin, oven- baked apples and caramel. In tastings, the wine is soft and silky on the palate with a marvelous harmony of flavour and concentration of fruit. The attack is fruity and crisp. Finesse and fruit combine to create a full palate that melts in the mouth, giving way to candied citrus and dried fruits. The exceptional characteristics of the 2002 vintage have been literally captured in this generous epicurean Cristal Rosé 2002,which reveals a perfect equilibrium between concentration and finesse, richness and freshness, intensity and refi nement.

Wine Spectator Review:
This is very fruity, boasting apple, cherry and berry flavors, making it open and approachable. There's concentration as well, with a vibrant structure and a berry aftertaste.

Parker Review:
The 2002 Brut Cristal Rose shows the classic Roederer introspectiveness that can sometimes make the wines hard to grasp when they are young. It, too, is a relatively lightly-colored rose. The bouquet is beautifully woven into a fabric of layered, ripe fruit. With some time in the glass, the wines textural beauty becomes more apparent, but this is a Champagne that needs bottle age. It should be spectacular in time.

Tanzer Review:
Medium pink with a light copper hue. Strawberry, cherry skin and blood orange on the nose, with notes of brown butter and dried flowers adding complexity. Lush and creamy but not heavy, offering open-knit red berry and sappy citrus flavors and a deeper, buttery quality on the back end. Hangs on with attractive spiciness, a hint of candied orange and impressive, gently sweet persistence. I'd err on the side of youth with this alluring Champagne and drink it over the coming decade rather than bury it in the cellar.