2012 Brut Vintage, Louis Roederer

2012 Brut Vintage, Louis Roederer

From a great vintage, the 2012 Brut from Roederer shows plenty of intensity of grilled brioche, green almonds, ginger, and baked apple. The palate is so vibrant with an inviting and creamy mousses that massages the palate. The orchard and stone fruit flirts with accents of the tropical while maintaining so much energy through the finish.

Critic score
94/100 info
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Case, 6 Bottles
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£360.00
Bottle
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£60.00

Wine details

  • Region & country
    Champagne, France
  • Grape
    70% Pinot Noir
    30% Chardonnay
  • Maturity
    Ready 2024 - 2040info
  • Colour
    White
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Sparkling
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    12%

Tasting notes

Roederer’s white golden 2012 Vintage is a classic Millésime. Based on 70% cool-climate Pinot Noir from Verzy and Verzenay (Montagne de Reims) and 30% Chardonnay from a very warm, south/southwest-facing vineyard in Chouilly (Côte des Blancs), the 2012 represents the mineral terroirs of its origins beautifully—pure, refined and fresh. Fermented 8% in oak and with just 16% of the volume having done malolactic fermentation to make the Roederer Vintage Brut a classic gastronomic wine, the 2012 shows a deep, rich and ripe but also fine, precise and elegant chalky nose with hazelnut, toasted almond and blossom flavors. The palate is profound, round, highly elegant and fresh, and the long, remarkably salty finish is very complex and terribly fresh in its persistent mineral expression. This is an impressive, ripe and almost creamy textured but precise and finessed 2012 with power, body and structure. A true, highly stimulating classic. Just love it! Disgorged in January 2017 after four years of bottle aging (dosage: nine grams per liter). Tasted in Reims in May 2018.

Stephen Tanzer, Wine Advocate
94/100

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