Fascinated by the diversity of aromatic expression of the Pinot noir grape in Champagne, Louis Roederer decided to base his Vintage Brut on the structure and power of Pinot noirs from the Montagne de Reims, where the vines, with their north-northeast exposure, are slower to ripen and produce wines that are sometimes rough and closed at the start of ageing, but whose personality becomes remarkably refined and intensified with ageing in wood and over time. In 1850, he decided to buy more than 15 hectares in the Verzenay Grand Cru to better control the production of the grapes for this cuv\u00e9e.<\/p>\n
The year 2016 was characterized by a particularly pronounced climatic swing: after a cool, wet, rather late spring, the summer was dry and hot, marked by a scorching spell at the end of August and a dry, sunny harvest period that ensured the grapes ripened beautifully. These dry, bright conditions benefited the canicular Pinots Noirs, whose ripeness revealed an intense fruity character and silky texture. The Chardonnays are not to be outdone, with a more classic, chiselled and saline allure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This 2016 vintage Champagne is a vibrant tribute to Pinot Noir de la Montagne. Since 2013, Champagne House Louis Roederer has sought to capture this unique expression of Verzy Pinot Noirs, from the first vines acquired by Louis Roederer in the mid-19th century.<\/p>\n
A finely toasted, powdery bouquet combining ripe, sweet, juicy red fruit (cherry jam and redcurrant), candied citrus, roasted and dried fruit (hazelnut) in a delicate roasting. A few moments of aeration reveal more mineral notes of warm, damp chalk and chalky millstone in the sun. Complex, generous and kaleidoscopic on the palate. A juicy, creamy envelope of ripe nectarine fruit. It’s like biting into fruit! The silky, creamy champagne bubbles delicately graze the palate and tongue, stretching and lengthening the creamy substance in a rich, transparent impression. There’s a feeling of completeness associated with mineral, grainy elements, supported by spicy, woody, powdery and almost camphor notes. The finish is long, grainy, saline and sapid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[1609,3815,7564,3851,7616,3819,8194,7588],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deconinckwine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/14676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deconinckwine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deconinckwine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deconinckwine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.deconinckwine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/14676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deconinckwine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deconinckwine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deconinckwine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=14676"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deconinckwine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=14676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}