We have gotten some excellent feedback from a few clients who have tasted this wine, saying it's just as good as the 2016 and already showing very nicely, thanks to a slightly warmer vintage in Champagne. We also just tasted this and have to agree that it is a stellar bottle of Rose and a confirmation as to why this is one of the best buys in the category. We’ve long maintained that Roederer’s vintage Champagnes are among the best buys in the Grand Marque set, and after the knockout 2016 Rosé, the 2017 Vintage Brut Rosé shows the house firing again in a more tense and vibrant fashion, which should prove to age well. Sourced from 35 sites in what Roederer calls the “La Rivière” vineyards, it blends Pinot Noir from the warmer Cumières terroirs with Chardonnay from cooler, limestone-driven Chouilly, with the final blend for 2017 being 68% Pinot Noir and 32% Chardonnay. True to Roederer’s signature infusion method, a portion of Chardonnay juice is added to the Pinot Noir maceration, allowing them to ferment together and bringing finesse to real depth. A share of the base wines sees oak, and only partial malolactic is allowed to keep richness in check. The result is vibrant, mineral-etched rosé with crushed red berries, grapefruit zest, mint, delicate pastry, and chalk. Racy on the palate with excellent richness and a long, saline finish, it’s a standout follow-up to 2016, already thrilling at the table and set to improve over the next 10 years. It's one of the best buys for Vintage Rose Champagne, so grab some before they're gone!
Jed Dunnuck.com (Audrey Frick) 95 pts! From a very difficult year, the 2017 Champagne Vintage Rose is co-fermented from a blend made at harvest time. It pours a pristine bright salmon color and shimmers in the glass, offering notes of peaches, fresh berries, white pepper, and Mirabel. The palate has surprisingly good tension and lovely focus. A superb and more gastronomic wine, it has a hint of warmth, but it is more the spice that comes through. Drink 2025-2045. (Drink between 2024 - 2045)
John Gilman 94 pts! The 2017 Louis Roederer Brut Rosé Millésime is a lovely wine that is drinking beautifully right out of the blocks, though of course, with the structure to also age long and gracefully. The wine’s cépages is sixty percent pinot noir and forty percent chardonnay, with twenty-four percent of the vins clairs going through malo in this vintage. Just under thirty percent of the still wines were raised in casks this year and the finishing dosage is eight grams per liter. The wine is a lovely salmon color (and just a touch deeper than most vintage Rosés from Maison Roederer) and delivers a refined bouquet of white peach, tangerine, rye bread, chalky soil tones, orange peel, dried flowers and just a hint of the smokiness to come with bottle age. On the palate the wine is crisp, complex and full-bodied, with a beautiful core of fruit, lovely soil undertow, a fine girdle of acidity, elegant mousse and a long, beautifully balanced and precise finish. This is first class Rosé! (Drink between 2025 - 2060)
2017 Louis Roederer Champagne Vintage Brut Rosé
2017 Louis Roederer Champagne Vintage Brut Rosé
We have gotten some excellent feedback from a few clients who have tasted this wine, saying it's just as good as the 2016 and already showing very nicely, thanks to a slightly warmer vintage in Champagne. We also just tasted this and have to agree that it is a stellar bottle of Rose and a confirmation as to why this is one of the best buys in the category. We’ve long maintained that Roederer’s vintage Champagnes are among the best buys in the Grand Marque set, and after the knockout 2016 Rosé, the 2017 Vintage Brut Rosé shows the house firing again in a more tense and vibrant fashion, which should prove to age well. Sourced from 35 sites in what Roederer calls the “La Rivière” vineyards, it blends Pinot Noir from the warmer Cumières terroirs with Chardonnay from cooler, limestone-driven Chouilly, with the final blend for 2017 being 68% Pinot Noir and 32% Chardonnay. True to Roederer’s signature infusion method, a portion of Chardonnay juice is added to the Pinot Noir maceration, allowing them to ferment together and bringing finesse to real depth. A share of the base wines sees oak, and only partial malolactic is allowed to keep richness in check. The result is vibrant, mineral-etched rosé with crushed red berries, grapefruit zest, mint, delicate pastry, and chalk. Racy on the palate with excellent richness and a long, saline finish, it’s a standout follow-up to 2016, already thrilling at the table and set to improve over the next 10 years. It's one of the best buys for Vintage Rose Champagne, so grab some before they're gone!
Jed Dunnuck.com (Audrey Frick) 95 pts! From a very difficult year, the 2017 Champagne Vintage Rose is co-fermented from a blend made at harvest time. It pours a pristine bright salmon color and shimmers in the glass, offering notes of peaches, fresh berries, white pepper, and Mirabel. The palate has surprisingly good tension and lovely focus. A superb and more gastronomic wine, it has a hint of warmth, but it is more the spice that comes through. Drink 2025-2045. (Drink between 2024 - 2045)
John Gilman 94 pts! The 2017 Louis Roederer Brut Rosé Millésime is a lovely wine that is drinking beautifully right out of the blocks, though of course, with the structure to also age long and gracefully. The wine’s cépages is sixty percent pinot noir and forty percent chardonnay, with twenty-four percent of the vins clairs going through malo in this vintage. Just under thirty percent of the still wines were raised in casks this year and the finishing dosage is eight grams per liter. The wine is a lovely salmon color (and just a touch deeper than most vintage Rosés from Maison Roederer) and delivers a refined bouquet of white peach, tangerine, rye bread, chalky soil tones, orange peel, dried flowers and just a hint of the smokiness to come with bottle age. On the palate the wine is crisp, complex and full-bodied, with a beautiful core of fruit, lovely soil undertow, a fine girdle of acidity, elegant mousse and a long, beautifully balanced and precise finish. This is first class Rosé! (Drink between 2025 - 2060)
