Louis Roederer Cristal 2015 (750ml)
Louis Roederer Cristal 2015 (750ml)
Delicate yet commanding, the 2015 Cristal reveals an exquisite perfume of clover honey, jasmine, shaved ginger and marzipan, layered over a core of ripe pear, persimmon and apple butter. Crafted from 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, the wine offers astonishing finesse, with very fine bubbles and a crystalline sense of purity. The palate glides effortlessly, showing both youthful vibrancy and immense depth. Freshly energetic now, Cristal 2015 will develop richer, toastier complexity with cellaring, rewarding those who are patient with a decades-long evolution of grace and power.
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Critic reviews
The Wine Independent and April 2023, 98/100
The Wine Independent and April 2023, 98/100
Wine & Spirits, December 2023, 98/100
Wine & Spirits, December 2023, 98/100
Ripened to fragrant white-peach flavors in the heat of the 2015 vintage, the biodynamically farmed fruit for Cristal transforms that ripeness into a delicate juiciness, the wine both luscious and youthfully concentrated, almost severe in its structure. None of the wine undergoes malolactic conversion, and a quarter of the base wine ages in oak; particularly in this vintage, Cristal is built for the long haul, rather than for drinking on release. Spicy and subtle, this wine’s earthiness is incipient, not yet revealed, like a groundnut—not the peanut, but the native-American tuber with a flavor that might literally be described as a pomme de terre (an apple of the earth). Sophisticated and layered, this wine hums with a quiet energy.
