Louis Roederer Brut Nature Rose 2015 (750ML)

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#6 Wine Spectator Top French Sparkling Wines of 2023
Vinepair Best Champagnes of 2023

Displaying a bright pale salmon to cherry pink color, the 2015 Louis Roederer et Philippe Starck Brut Nature Rose wafts gently from the glass with notions of Red Delicious apples, raspberry leaves, Bing cherries, and rose water, plus touches of lavender, wet pebbles, and baker's yeast. The palate is tightly wound with great tension and dry, mineral-sprayed red berry and apple-inspired flavors, supported by exquisitely fine bubbles, finishing long and fragrant. There is so much vibrant, intense fruit here that you don't miss the dosage! This blend is 50% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay, and 13% Pinot Meunier. 20% Pinot Noir was infused for 5 days, followed by adding the white musts. 11% of the wines were aged in oak, and 30% malo-lactic was used. The dosage is zero. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Independent

To produce the 2015 Brut Nature Rosé, Lécaillon and his team picked the ripest Pinot Noir in Roederer's holdings in lieu-dit Les Chèvres a week before the rest of their fruit there, macerating it at low temperature for four to five days before adding some 20% of this Pinot Noir to the same base that produces the regular Brut Nature. Delivering aromas of peach, clear honey, freshly baked bread and almond paste, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with a rich, vinous profile, racy acids and a long, chalky finish. This has always been a structured wine, but in 2015, that structure is cloaked in more flesh and texture. - William Kelley, Wine Advocate

The 2015 Brut Rosé Nature is stellar. What a wine. Chef de Caves JeanBaptiste Lecaillon and his team capture a striking interplay of richness and drive, but with softer contours than the first few vintages of this wine. All of the personality of Cumières comes through in this wonderfully savory, mineral Rosé. Dried rose petal, chalk, mint and white pepper lend brilliancy that carries through to the intensely mineral finish. - Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media

A vivacious rosé, with a minerally overtone and a well-meshed range of crunchy pear, peach skin, pickled ginger and blood orange zest flavors set on a refined, lacy mousse. Ends with a long, creamy finish. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Drink now through 2032. 400 cases imported. - Alison Napjus, Wine Spectator

Crisp, tangy and focused, with aromas of raspberries, biscuits, watermelon, seashells, lemons and pink grapefruit. Sharp acidity with very fine bubbles. Field blend from a single plot in Cumieres. 80% field blend of chardonnay, pinot meunier, pinot noir, pinot blanc, arbanne and petit meslier, with 20% of cold-soaked pinot noir. Mineral and bone dry. Dosage 0g/L. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drink or hold. - James Suckling

This is part of Louis Roederer’s limited-edition lineup created in collaboration with Philippe Starck where they focus on zero-dosage wines. This is a blend of all three major Champagne grapes, but with a focus on Pinot Noir, which makes up 50 percent of the wine. The result is a mineral-driven wine with focused notes of guava and honeysuckle. The palate is angled, with sharp corners softened slightly by that round Pinot Noir fruit. There's an electric acidity that really brings this rosé to life. - Vinepair

Very pale indeed. And obviously fruitier than the white version without quite the cheeky directness, though the perfume is quite alluring. I’d happily drink this with food.-Jancis Robinson