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  • Country ranking ?

    375
  • Producer ranking ?

    19
  • Decanting time

    15min
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Salmon and avocado blinis

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Wine Enthusiast - Roger Voss - December 01, 2013

94 Points "Still young and fruity, this is a wine with impressive potential. For now, enjoy the palest of rosé colors, bright red fruits, and crisp and lively acidity. In the next several years, this will deepen and mellow, so keep and don’t drink until 2017."

International Wine Cellar - Josh Raynolds - December 01, 2013

92 Points "High-pitched red berry and floral aromas are complicate...

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The Story

In order for grapes to be used in the creation of a great rosé champagne, they have to attain perfect maturity, which is sometimes difficult to achieve in the changeable Champagne climate. This is why Louis Roederer decided to invest in the vineyards at Cumières, where the shallow calcareous clay soil, which is on south-facing slopes bathed in the light reflected from the banks of the river Marne, enables the grapes to attain optimum phenolic ...

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HARVESTS
It was a very trying year in our vineyards: a rainy, stormy spring made matters very tense. Flowering was difficult, with a high proportion of coulure and millerandage resulting in small, concentrated bunches. However the summer was dry but cool, with little sunshine, thus entailing slow ripening that in turn was both ‘continental’ (i.e. dry) and ‘septontrional’ (northern, i.e. cool). September brought with it a final surprise with a...

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Vintage 2008

2008 -The Champagne vintage set to make history!

A first taste of leading winemakers’ 2008 champagnes reveals a miraculous vintage, bubbling with potential, which – whisper it – might just prove the greatest in living memory.

2008 was not, by any standards, a vintage year for the financial world. And for the greater part of it, 2008 was a pretty poor year for Champagne too: spring was freezing, summer gloomy and overcast. But then, aroun...

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A cool vintage champagne with a dosage of 9 g/L. It is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay. 19% base wine was aged in oak and only 27% of the base wine went through the malolactic fermentation.

Light salmon rosé colour. Very concentrated and focused, pure and densely fresh nose that shows seductive toastiness. Dry and crisp palate. Super concentrated with great tension. Lovely lemony finish with brioche and toastiness. – JL 97+p (April 2024)

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Roederer Rosé Vintage 2008 / A fine, very brilliant, salmony pink colour, with deep, shimmering highlightsThe elegant, discrete bubbles are also rich and creamy
The nose is fascinatingly precise and intense. The fruitiness is clearly dominated by the purity of saignée Pinot Noir, with a steady flow of slightly acidic red fruits (redcurrant, wild raspberry) and citrus fruit (orange, grapefruit). All of these fruity aromas reflect clear hints of punchy, mineral aromatic freshness. After a few minutes of airing, there are riper, warmer, sweeter notes (jelly), hints of lightly roasted nuts (hazelnut) and even cocoa powder!


The bite is lively, with strong sparkling fruitiness. The concentration of fresh fruit flavours and juiciness gives the vintage a full, almost creamy, texture. The strong winey personality of the great continental Pinot Noirs of 2008 is immediately apparent. The matter is rich, but immediately followed by the fine, long limestone freshness that is so typical of Champagne. The bubbles are completely harmonious, blending perfectly into this enduring, fresh experience. The finish is marked by a chalky mineral quality with salty hints, combined with a light touch of tannin which should fade gradually over time.


This Brut Rosé has all the strength, concentration, raciness and freshness of 2008 – a truly great year for vins de garde. It is very definitely a Pinot Noir year, exceptionally well-suited to laying down. Sampled with scallops, this wine once again confirms its gourmet qualities. We recommend opening it a good hour before drinking, keeping it cool, to enjoy its full potential.

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Origin

Reims, Champagne

Vintage Quality

Excellent

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