Louis Roederer Champagne et Philippe Starck Brut Nature 2015 750ml

FRANCE : CHAMPAGNE : CUMIÈRES

BIODYNAMIC : Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier

FULL-BODIED, BAKED APPLE, CITRUS PEEL, NOUGAT, WET STONE, NEUTRAL OAK

Roederer’s Brut Nature comes off a clay hillside in Cumières, three plots that were grazing land before the house planted them, farmed biodynamically and picked early. There is no dosage at all here, nothing added back at disgorgement, and no malolactic fermentation to round off the acid.

That approach only works in a year ripe enough to carry it, and 2015 was hot and dry enough to deliver, with late August rain arriving just in time. Baked apple and nougat up front, wet stone and a long salty finish behind. James Suckling 95 pts.

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