Louis Roederer, Cristal Rose Vintage:2002 Broad and rich but also

Broad and rich but also magically airy in the mouth

austere and very tightly wound finale

with the 2011 Flaccianello della Pieve appearing a bit softer and plumper around the midsection

with youthfully firm tannins adding shape and final grip

Louis Roederer, Cristal Rose Vintage:2002 Broad and rich but alsoThe finest rendition of this cuve that Lcaillon has produced to dateand, indeed, one of the finest wines produced by any of Champagne's important houses in the last two or three decadesis the 2008 Cristal Ros, a brilliant wine that derives from a mere four of the 45 plots that are candidates for inclusion in Cristal, two blocks of Pinot Noir from A, one of Chardonnay from Mesnil and another from Avize, and I suspect that its origin in the crme de la