2008 Louis Roederer - CristalColour : Sparkling Producer : Louis Roederer Label Name : Cristal Country : France Region : Champagne Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 2008 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Rating : RP98 Robert Parker Wine Advocate Tasting Note : One of the many things that makes the 2008 special is a combination of ripe fruit and bright, piercing acidity. Marzipan, lemon confit, dried flowers and orchard fruit all build into the explosive, resonant finish.

Tasted at the Branaire-Ducru dinner

wife of the estate’s founding proprietor Gaston Huet

and it forces the spotlight on Ravera

this sweet

It fermented destemmed with an unusual blend of 75% Graciano

perhaps the best aromatics of this vertical

olive component

Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting

vinous Champagne with considerable structure and concentration

and those pretty flavors are folded neatly into the wine's silky texture

With laser-like precision and enormous extract and concentration

a great mid-palate