Louis Roederer's Blanc de Blancs 2011 is a cuvée characterized by freshness, minerality and a touch of salinity.
It's a champagne made exclusively from Chardonnay, vinified partly in wood (18%) and without malolactic fermentation. This brings out the full freshness of this wine.
The Roederer Blanc de Blancs 2011 has been aged for 5 years in bottle in the company's own cellars. The dosage is 9g/l (brut).
The 2011 vintage was a paradoxical one, with a rather mild, dry winter prolonged by an almost summer-like climate throughout the spring! Summer was marked by cool, rainy conditions. 2011 is a vintage of patience and careful selection at harvest, where, as in 2010, only the few southern exposures or those with very few grapes will reach satisfactory ripeness.
This Roederer Blanc de Blancs 2011 has a brilliant, luminous color, with slightly green, lemon-gold highlights.
Its bubbles are fine and regular.
The nose is delicate, with notes of apple and pear. On the second nose, more gourmand notes emerge, evoking caramel and toasted hazelnut. The Chardonnay reveals mineral notes of warm pebbles, fine spices, candied citrus, citron, graphite and even tobacco.
The attack on the palate is delicate, silky and caressing. On the palate, the wine lengthens and stretches, revealing a zesty, mineral freshness. This cuvée is discovered in several stages: dense, intense, then fresh. The finish is saline and salivating, calling for a second sip.
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