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Brut Premier characterizes the Louis Roederer style with the combination of fresh, youthful fruitiness and the vinous qualities of a fully matured wine. It is a structured wine with a linely attack and a smooth palate.
Winemaker Notes
The wine has a gilded color, with fine bubbles and a nose of fresh fruit and hawthorne. On the palate, it is smooth and complex with mingling fruit flavors of pear, apple, and red fruit of blackberry, rasberry and cherry with toasted almonds. The wine is enjoyable, smooth and straightforward.
Tasting Notes
On the palate, it is smooth and complex with mingling fruit flavors of pear, apple, and red fruit of blackberry, rasberry and cherry with toasted almonds. The wine is enjoyable, smooth and straightforward.
Winemaking
The grapes are sourced from the finest crus with a rating of 98 or more on Champagnes regional rating scale. Only juice from the first pressing is used in producing Brut Premier. A blend of 10 to 20 percent oak-aged vintage wines from Roederers extensive reserve cellars vintage wines is added to further enhance the wine and give it its distinctive Roederer style.
Technical Information
Appellation: Champagne
Blend: 56% Pinot Noir
34% Chardonnay
10% Pinot Meunier
(includes 10% reserve wines)
Aging: An average of three years aging on the lees, and another six months after disgorging.
Wine Alcohol: 12%
Acidity: 2.5 g sulfuric; 3.8 g tartaric
pH Level: 3.75
Residual Sugar: 6.8 g/L
Fermentation: Stainless steel vats for 4 weeks
Percentage of Oak: 40%
Number of Cases Produced: 42,000 Imported to the U.S.
Winemaker Notes
The wine has a gilded color, with fine bubbles and a nose of fresh fruit and hawthorne. On the palate, it is smooth and complex with mingling fruit flavors of pear, apple, and red fruit of blackberry, rasberry and cherry with toasted almonds. The wine is enjoyable, smooth and straightforward.
Tasting Notes
On the palate, it is smooth and complex with mingling fruit flavors of pear, apple, and red fruit of blackberry, rasberry and cherry with toasted almonds. The wine is enjoyable, smooth and straightforward.
Winemaking
The grapes are sourced from the finest crus with a rating of 98 or more on Champagnes regional rating scale. Only juice from the first pressing is used in producing Brut Premier. A blend of 10 to 20 percent oak-aged vintage wines from Roederers extensive reserve cellars vintage wines is added to further enhance the wine and give it its distinctive Roederer style.
Technical Information
Appellation: Champagne
Blend: 56% Pinot Noir
34% Chardonnay
10% Pinot Meunier
(includes 10% reserve wines)
Aging: An average of three years aging on the lees, and another six months after disgorging.
Wine Alcohol: 12%
Acidity: 2.5 g sulfuric; 3.8 g tartaric
pH Level: 3.75
Residual Sugar: 6.8 g/L
Fermentation: Stainless steel vats for 4 weeks
Percentage of Oak: 40%
Number of Cases Produced: 42,000 Imported to the U.S.