From the American off-shoot of Champagne Louis Roederer in France, we review the Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley.
60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir, including 10% to 15% oak-aged reserve wine, from Anderson Valley, California.
This sparkling wine is produced using the traditional method like Champagne where the secondary fermentation that creates the bubbles happens in the bottle.
Sample submitted for review. The Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley has an SRP of $32 and has been spotted in the mid-teens but is typically available in the low $20s.
From the winery:
Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley
Roederer Estate Brut is crisp and elegant sparkling wine with complex pear, spice and hazelnut flavors. Oak-aged wines from our estate’s reserve cellars are added to this blend, creating a multi-vintage cuvée that has great finesse and depth of flavor.
Winemaking Notes: Roederer Estate’s winemaking style is based on two elements: ownership of its own vineyards and the addition of oak-aged reserve wines to each year’s blend or cuvée (10% to 15%). All the grapes for the Anderson Valley wines are grown on the estate. Oak-aged wines from the estate’s reserve cellars are added to the blend, creating a multi-vintage cuvée in the traditional Louis Roederer style.
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Only the cuvée (first pressing of 120 gallons/ton) is used; no première or deuxième taille. The fermentation takes place in high-grade stainless steel tanks at 65°F. Zero to minimal malolactic fermentation is used in order to ensure the wines age well and retain the fresh, precise and well-defined style that is one of the characteristics of Roederer Estate wines.
Appellation: Anderson Valley
Varietals: 60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir, Reserve Wine 10% to 15%
Dosage: 8 g/L
Cases Produced:85,000
TA:7.5 g/L
pH 3.1312.5% Alcohol
The Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley opens with a fresh, attractive aroma of citrus, pear, touches of fresh baked bread, cinnamon, flowers and more. It’s a great start.
Taking a sip of the wine reveals it to be crisp, tasty and nicely sweet with plenty of acidity and lots of fine bubbles. It features similar flavors to the nose and has quite a nice texture to it as well.
It ends crisp, dry and long. This is a nice sparkler.
Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley
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Review Summary
Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley Review • Reverse Wine Snob
From the American off-shoot of Champagne Louis Roederer in France, we review the Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley.
7.8
Pros
- 91-93 Points, Highly Recommended
- Crisp, tasty and nicely sweet with plenty of acidity and lots of fine bubbles
Cons
- Will take some work to find it under $25
