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| Weight | 60 lbs |
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| Category | Fine & Rare, Retail |
| Best Score | 99 |
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2008 Louis Roederer Vintage Champagne Cristal 6L
Located in New York
$7,495.00
2 in stock
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Reviews & Scores
Wine maker Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon reckons this is his best Cristal to date, and I’m rather inclined to agree with him! Cristal has been on a role since the classical 2002 vintage, Jean-Baptiste has been “tweaking” the Cristal formula, making small adjustments that have clearly paid dividends. A dazzling combination of precision, finesse and immediate complexity, the 2008 vintage Cristal is just astonishing. A wine that is almost impossible to describe (unless we want to start a game of fruit bingo), the vanilla dusted fruit is suave and sophisticated, gliding seamlessly along the palate. Intense and weightless at the same time, with mid-palate weight and a phenomenally long finish, this wine is lacking in no area. A Champagne that will age effortlessly for decades to come. Only the first time I’ve scored a wine 99/100 on potential, and I’ve yet to taste the magnum. - JM
JM99
Magnum. Disgorged in 2020, dosage 8 g/l. 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, 20% of the cuvée is fermented in oak. 11 years spent on the lees. Very difficult growing season but great wines with lots of acidity, according to Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon. ‘Very like the 1996 season, but we didn’t pick too early in 2008 – unlike in 1996.’ This was the start of Louis Roederer’s biodynamic journey, when the biodynamic fruit represented 40% of the blend. Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon’s benchmark vintage. Very complex and layered with real magic. Stunning with something floral. Really gorgeous. - JR
JR19
The 2008 Cristal is just starting to open and into its first plateau of what is likely to be a very long drinking window. Bright and intensely saline, with terrific depth, Cristal shows everything that makes this vintage so appealing, namely a captivating mix of fruit intensity and bright, piercing acids. As alluring as the 2008 is today, it also needs time to be at its very best. Roederer launched the more open 2009 ahead of the 2008, which means the 2008 saw ten years on the lees, quite a bit longer than most vintages, all of which it needed. The 2008 seems to presage a new era at Roederer in which the wines have been consistently brilliant. Dosage is 8 grams per liter. Disgorged: 2018 - VM
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