Louis Roederer Cristal, Champagne, 2012, 75cl

6 x 75cl

11.970,00 kr

Hans' Wine Club

Louis Roederer Cristal, Champagne, 2012, 75cl

11.970,00 kr

1.995,00 kr each

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Louis Roederer Cristal 2012 is a luxurious vintage champagne from Champagne, France, created as the house's iconic prestige cuvée. The 2012 vintage is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay from Grand Cru vineyards in Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne and Côte des Blancs.

In the glass, Cristal 2012 appears with great precision and depth. The aroma is rich and complex with notes of tart and candied citrus fruits, white floral pollen, roasted hazelnut, vanilla, fresh baked goods and fine smoky nuances from bottle aging.

The taste is concentrated, powerful and at the same time silky smooth with the vibrant freshness and chalky minerality that characterizes great versions of Cristal. Louis Roederer's technical sheet highlights the vintage as both energetic and precise, with a long and intense finish.

Cristal 2012 is also special because it is described as the first vintage that is 100% biodynamic, and the wine is made without malolactic fermentation with a dosage of 7.5 g/l. This supports the dry, focused and age-worthy style that makes this champagne an obvious choice for both grand celebrations and gastronomic experiences.

This exclusive champagne pairs particularly well with caviar, oysters, lobster, shellfish, fine fish dishes and elegant servings, but is also an obvious choice as a luxurious aperitif. The bottle is supplied in 75 cl.

Format: 6 x 75cl

6 x 75cl

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About the wine

Wine: Louis Roederer Cristal, Champagne, 2012, 75cl

Type: Champagne

Size: 75 cl

Manufacturer: Louis Roederer

Country: France

Region: Champagne

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Bottles per Box: 6

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97 /100

Aromas of clear honey, crisp green orchard fruit, white peach, pastry cream and dried white flowers introduce the 2012 Cristal, a full-bodied, concentrated and powerful wine that's built for the cellar. Broader, more textural and more muscular than the 2008 Cristal, with seemingly even greater reserves of structuring dry extract, the 2012 is incisive and searingly chalky. This is the first Cristal produced exclusively from organically farmed fruit, and it marks the opening of a new chapter for Louis Roderer. The blend is 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, vinified without malolactic fermentation and disgorged with 7.5 grams per liter dosage. Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon has once again excelled himself.

Robert Parker wine advocate

99 /100

For the first time entirely from certified organic grapes. Mid greenish-yellow hue with silver reflections; persistent, fine bubbly mousse. Typical Cristal nose with white apple, fresh peach, fine biscuit, a touch of orange marmalade, also lime; an attractive bouquet. Very rich, tropical fruit nuances, a little more broad-shouldered than the finely chiselled 2008, supported by lively acidity, mineral and balanced on the finish. Has something immediately appealing, but will still improve with further bottle maturation. Once again a candidate for "Champagne of the Vintage".

Falstaff

? /100

The second bottle of this that was opened was more expressive than the first one. Fragrant nose of lime zest, dried flowers, fresh almonds and flint. Bright and juicy on the quite firm, medium- to full-bodied palate. This is now in the no-man's-land between youthful vitality and mature patina, and this really expanded after some aeration in the glass. Layered structure at the long, linear finish. From the first vintage in which the vineyards were cultivated biodynamically. Tasted at the Cristal vertical tasting at the champagne house on July 6th, 2023. Drink or hold.

James Suckling

98 /100

As the first 100% biodynamic Cristal, entirely from Roederer-owned vineyards, this is an important milestone. This latest incarnation is a great Champagne with its density, elegance and poise. Still impressively young, the wine is taut, tightly wound and textured. At the same time, it has pure, ripe white and citrus fruits that are perfumed, and an important part of this wine's long-term future. Drink at the earliest from 2023. Roger Voss

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About the grape

Champagne Blend

Champagne Blend refererer til en af verdens mest karakteristiske vinstile – de mousserende vine lavet af Pinot Noir, Chardonnay og Pinot Meunier, der er mest berømt forbundet med Champagne-regionen i det nordlige Frankrig.

Begrebet er dog også kommet til at omfatte vine lavet efter méthode traditionnelle (den traditionelle metode) rundt om i verden – især i New World-lande som USA, Australien, New Zealand og Sydafrika.

Pinot Noir og Chardonnay betragtes traditionelt som blendets stjerner og bruges typisk i nogenlunde lige store mængder i New World-eksemplarer. Den mindre glamorøse Pinot Meunier ses sjældent uden for selve Champagne-regionen.

- Chardonnay: Bidrager med finesse, elegance, citrusnoter og mineralitet
- Pinot Noir: Tilfører struktur, fylde, røde bær og dybde
- Pinot Meunier: Giver frugtighed, blødhed og tilgængelighed

Klassisk Champagne-blend kombinerer alle tre druer for balance mellem finesse, frugt og struktur.

Champagne er for dig, der søger luksus, fejring og finesse. Det er en vin med håndværk, tradition og umiskendelig elegance – perfekt til særlige lejligheder, men også som aperitif eller til mad.

Serving

Champagne fortjener den rette behandling for at vise sit fulde potentiale. Med korrekt temperatur, glas og håndtering får du den optimale oplevelse.

Temperatur: Kølig, men ikke iskold

Server Champagne ved 6-10°C – kølig nok til at bevare friskhed og bobler, men ikke så kold at aromaerne dæmpes.

Lette, unge Champagner (NV Brut): 6-8°C – koldere temperatur fremhæver friskhed
Vintage og престижecuvées: 8-10°C – lidt varmere for at frigive komplekse aromaer
Sådan køler du ned:

Læg flasken i en isbøtte med is og vand (ikke kun is) i 20-30 minutter
Alternativt: Læg den i køleskabet i 3-4 timer før servering
Undgå fryseren – for hurtig nedkøling kan skade aromaerne

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