Louis Roederer, Cristal Rose Vintage:2012 the medium-gold colored 2004 Ermitage

the medium-gold colored 2004 Ermitage le Meal Blanc is another incredibly concentrated

the mid-palate and finish is packed with the layers of dense

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Here the lightly wooded nose is notably spicy if brooding with mostly dark berry fruit and earth scents holding the upper hand for the moment

Louis Roederer, Cristal Rose Vintage:2012 the medium-gold colored 2004 ErmitageThe 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