Champagne Louis Roederer has released the first of its extremely limited edition, extra-aged Cristal, known as \u2018Vinoth\u00e8que\u2019.<\/p>\n
The release covers the 1995 brut and ros\u00e9, which were disgorged just over 10 years ago but then kept back in Roederer\u2019s cellars to age.<\/p>\n
The Vinoth\u00e8que wines also have a slightly lower dosage of 7g\/l compared with the usual 9g\/l for the standard Cristal expression due to longer lees ageing as well, as cellar master revealed to the drinks business three years ago.<\/p>\n
Just 400 bottles of the brut and 200 bottles of the ros\u00e9 have been released meaning global allocations are extremely tight. In the UK Richard Billett, managing director of the Roederer Group\u2019s distribution arm in the UK, Maisons Marques & Domaines, said he expected just 48 bottles of the brut and 12-18 bottles of the ros\u00e9 to be made available.<\/p>\n
The bottles (no larger formats have been released \u2013 this time) have initially been offered to the premium off-trade and high-end on-trade.<\/p>\n
The wines were introduced by the house at a \u2018surrealist spectacular\u2019, held at Roederer\u2019s Reims headquarters in early October to celebrate its 241st anniversary.<\/p>\n
Although Roederer\u2019s executive vice-president, Michel Janneau, conceded that the amount of wine released was \u201cinfinitesimally small\u201d, he added, \u201cfear not \u2013 it is not without sequel; other vintages will follow this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source: The Drinks Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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