Louis Roederer Collection 243 Champagne

Indulge your senses in the exquisite allure of Louis Roederer Collection 243 Champagne – an opulent symphony of flavors meticulously crafted for the discerning connoisseur. This radiant elixir unveils a bright, golden hue adorned with shimmering highlights, setting the stage for a sensory journey like no other.

The fine, lively mousse dances upon the palate, weaving lingering threads of bubbles that elevate the drinking experience. The bouquet, both open and rich, captivates with an explosion of ripe, delicate fruit. Mirabelle plum imparts a luscious sweetness from the pinot noir, while notes of lemon meringue pie offer a tantalizing citrus symphony. Delicate whispers of white flowers, reminiscent of jasmine, add a touch of elegance to the aromatic tapestry.

As the nose evolves, autolytic characters emerge, leading to a crescendo of smoky, roasted notes and the comforting aroma of freshly baked pastries. The palate, deep and dense, boasts a formidable, well-structured backbone. The texture, simply mesmerizing, unfolds with a fleshy mouthfeel courtesy of the pinot noir, gracefully transitioning to an incredible saline freshness tinged with a delightful hint of bitterness.

Louis Roederer Collection 243 Champagne is a harmonious marriage of strength, intensity, and power derived from delectably ripe pinot noirs. The chardonnay, constituting the majority of the blend, imparts chalky freshness and density, achieving a sublime balance. The warmth and generosity of the 2018 vintage fruit blend seamlessly with the freshness, energy, and complexity of the 'Réserve Perpétuelle' conceived in 2012.

This exceptional cuvée, a blend of 42% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir, and 18% Pinot Meunier, is a testament to the mastery of Louis Roederer's winemaking. The perfect ripeness of the fruit, coupled with the texture imparted by oak aging, results in unparalleled finesse and persistence. Elevate your celebrations, embrace the extraordinary – Louis Roederer Collection 243 Champagne awaits, an embodiment of indulgence and refinement.

Alcohol: 12.5%

92 POINTS - "The new release of Brut Premier is from the base year of 2012 and was disgorged in the spring of 2016, after spending three years aging on its fine lees. The wine is its customary blend of forty percent each of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and twenty percent Pinot Meunier. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a complex and still youthful blend of apple, white peach, gentle leesiness, patissière, lovely soil tones and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, crisp and beautifully balanced, with excellent mid-palate depth, refined mousse, excellent focus and grip and a long, poised and complex finish. This will be even better with some bottle age and is a fine iteration of this consistently excellent cuvée. (Drink between 2017-2037)" - John Gilman 2017

92 POINTS - "The nose is super fresh and has plenty of ripe strawberries, along with lemons and grapefruit. The palate has a tense, fresh, mineral-salt core and then layers of fleshier, supple fruit. All you want in a great NV! This is 75 per cent from the cooler 2013 harvest, the balance made up of reserve wines, ten per cent of which is much older material. Drink or hold." - James Suckling 2018

94 POINTS - "Dried-lemon, apricot, green-apple, salted-almond, walnut and light caramel notes. Vinous and layered, with small and tight bubbles. Excellent focus and intensity." - James Suckling

93 POINTS - "The NV Champagne Collection 243 Brut is the third release and is based on the 2018 vintage, with the addition of 30% of the perpetual reserve started in 2012 and 10% reserve wine that has been aged in oak. It is ripe and balanced, with yellow flowers, honeycomb, and plum, and it has elegant concentration and underlying tension, precise mousse, and rich salinity, with lingering notes of croissant and delicate smoke." - Jeb Dunnuck

92 POINTS - "Based on the 2018 vintage and complemented by reserve wines from a solera established in 2012, as well as younger foudre-aged reserve wines, Roederer's newly released NV Brut Collection 243 is a pillowy, enveloping Champagne evocative of crisp stone fruits, honeycomb, white flowers and buttery pastry. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and generous, with an ample core of fruit, bright acids and a saline finish, it will offer demonstrative drinking on release." - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

92 POINTS - "A vibrant Champagne that's fine and creamy on the palate, almost plush, but bright and well-balanced throughout. Reveals a chalky base note that underscores layers of ripe pear and nectarine fruit, mandarin orange peel, oyster shell and chamomile. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier. Drink now." - Wine Spectator

Bright, golden hue with shimmering highlights. Fine, lively mousse with lingering threads of bubbles. The bouquet is open and rich yet also wonderfully fresh. It offers an explosion of ripe, delicate fruit with intense notes of yellow fruit (mirabelle plum) from the Pinot noir complemented by sweet citrus fruits (lemon meringue pie) and delicate notes of white flowers (jasmine) from the Chardonnay. The nose opens up to reveal autolytic characters and evolves towards smoky, roasted notes and freshly baked pastries.

The palate is deep and dense with a big, well-structured backbone. The texture is simply mesmerising with its fleshy mouthfeel from the Pinot noir that coats the palate before giving way to an incredible saline freshness with a pleasant hint of bitterness. This wine combines the strength, intensity and power of the delectably ripe Pinot noirs which are balanced to perfection by the chalky freshness and density from the Chardonnay which forms the majority of the blend.

Collection has all its warmth and generosity thanks to the perfect ripeness of the fruit harvested in the 2018 vintage, yet it is the freshness, energy and complexity of the 'Réserve Perpétuelle' created in 2012, as well as the texture imparted by the oak ageing, that extend and elongate the wines' body resulting in unrivalled finesse and persistence.