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Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal Brut 2005 (Magnum 1.5L)
Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal Brut 2005 (Magnum 1.5L)
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Score: 99
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Description: \Fabulous nose with great blood orange intensity neatly framed by brioche. On the extravagant and concentrated palate this has whiplash vibrancy yet somehow marries this to a taut elegance. Extremely long finish with dangerous freshness for this age! Literally takes your breath away. Tasted at the Cristal vertical tasting at the champagne house on July 6th
Score: 2023. Drink or hold.\
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Description: -James Suckling
Score: 97
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Description: \The iconic Roederer Champagne
Score: Cristal's latest release
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Score: brings a perfect balance of richness and age worthiness. It is full of apple flavor
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Score: and the mousse is very fine and almost imperceptible. As so often with a beautifully blended wine like this
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Score: a few minutes breathing brings out extra complex flavors. It certainly should age over five years and more.\
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Description: -Wine Enthusiast
Score: 96
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Description: \The 2005 Cristal is another impressive wine in this vertical
Score: but in this case
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Score: it is its performance in a very hard year that impresses most. There's real depth
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Score: density and textural resonance here. Apple tart
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Score: chamomile
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Score: dried flowers
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Score: pear and brioche linger. \We had some rot issues
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Score: mainly in Pinot Noir
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Score: so we focused on Chardonnay.\ The Pinot components in Cristal are sourced from vineyards in Aÿ in Marne Valley and then Verzy and Verzenay on the Montagne de Reims
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Score: with an unusually high amount of Aÿ Pinot in 2005 as those sites ripened earlier and under more favorable conditions with less rot. Because of that
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Score: the 2005 is unusually round and supple in feel. The 2005 also shows a light reductive quality that is not especially typical of Cristal. \Every time the vintage is a bit open in character
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Score: we go for reduction
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Score: which is achieved by favoring tanks that are more reductive in the blend.\ Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon and his team turned out a brilliant wine in this very challenging harvest. The 2005 is not the finest Cristal
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Score: but it is a really charmer. Dosage is 8 grams per liter. Disgorged: 2013.\
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Description: -Vinous
Score: 94
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Description: \Vibrant and mouthwatering
Score: this offers a range of patisserie pear and apple fruit
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Score: candied lemon zest
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Score: pastry dough and marzipan notes set on a finely detailed texture
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Score: which imparts a great deal of finesse. The lasting finish echoes a smoky mineral note. Drink now through 2025. 20
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Score: 000 cases imported.\
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Description: -Wine Spectator
Score: 93
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Description: \The 2005 Cristal is drinking very well
Score: and it stands out as a fine effort in this challenging year for Champagne. Offering up aromas of crisp orchard fruit
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Score: nectarine
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Score: freshly baked bread and subtle hints of honeycomb
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Score: it's medium to full-bodied
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Score: elegantly fleshy and incisive
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Score: with racy acids and a pearly mousse
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Score: concluding with a long
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Score: chalky finish.\
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Description: -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
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