Pinot Noir, Chardonnay

75cl * 12.5% ABV * Champagne, France

‘A wine of pure pleasure and a sophisticated gastronomic wine, Cristalis both powerful and delicate, combining subtlety and precision.’
– Jean-Baptiste Lcaillon, Cellar Master

Roederer’smost famous wine was created in 1876 to satisfy the demanding tastes of Tsar Alexander II. The emperor asked Louis Roederer to reserve the best cuve for him every year. To distinguish this cuve,Roederer bottled it ina flat-bottomed, transparent lead-crystal bottle. TheChampagne became synonymous with this precious, glistening material, which is particularly transparent and luminous. Some say these characteristics made the Tsar feel happier drinking the Cristal as he could see that the wine had neither been poisoned (due to the clear glass) or implanted with an explosive (due to the lack of punt-space on the flat bottom).

Only produced during the best years, when the Chardonnay (around 40%) and Pinot noir (around 60%) grapes have attained perfect maturity, Cristal is aged forsix years in Louis Roederers cellars and left for a furthereight months after dgorgement.

Crafted from a generous and perfectly ripened harvest of grapes, Cristal 2015 is a sun-drenched vintage characterised by the intensity of its fruit, its incredible chalky purity and the perfect balance it strikes between maturity and freshness.
Cristal 2015 is ready to be enjoyed in its youth yet still has potential for evolution with a long future ahead of it.

Drink now to 2045.