L'Ermitage Roederer Estate 2015 (750ML)

97 JS / 96 WE / 94 WS / 17.5 JR

#77 James Suckling's Top 100 American Wines of 2022

This is a powerful and dense sparkling wine that is first and foremost a classic-quality wine. And then you think about the bubbles. Full-bodied with lots of brioche, pie crust and bread dough. Great finish. Five years on the lees. 52% chardonnay and 48% pinot noir. Drink now.--James Suckling

Cellar Selection. This grand, special-occasion wine is wonderfully complex and layered, but also powerful in the way its toasted walnut, Bosc pear and fresh bread flavors start out strong in the aroma and keep pumping on the palate and through a lingering finish. Nice and dry, tangy but mouthfilling, it's a sophisticated indulgence. Best now to 2028. JG, Wine Enthusiast

Classically styled and expressively vibrant, this bubbly opens to flavors of baked apple, roasted hazelnut, clove, nutmeg and other spices. The finish fans out, building a lingering richness. Drink now through 2023. —T.F., Wine Spectator

52% Chardonnay, 48 % Pinot Noir. 100% estate-grown fruit. pH 3.02. Harvest began 7 August and ended 10 September. 8.5 g/l dosage. Only the cuvée (first pressing of 120 gallons/ton) is used. 4.9% aged reserve wine from 2014, 2012 and 2010. Bottled in April 2021. 3,649 cases. Layered like filo-pastry dough, fresh lemons, water crackers, water chestnut, fennel, laser-like acid, delicate anise spice. Very Good Value - SCJ, Jancis Robinson .com