It had been a bit over a year since I last tasted the 2009 Louis Roederer Blanc de Blancs
Brut Millésime, and the wine has started to blossom nicely and is really starting to come into its
own. As readers may recall...
It had been a bit over a year since I last tasted the 2009 Louis Roederer Blanc de Blancs
Brut Millésime, and the wine has started to blossom nicely and is really starting to come into its
own. As readers may recall, this wine was aged just under five years sur latte prior to
disgorgement, with the vins clairs barrel-fermented in foudres and not undergoing malolactic
fermentation. The finishing dosage is nine grams per liter. The bouquet is showing a bit more
almond than it back in the summer of 2015, wafting from the glass in a superb blend of pear,
apple, lovely nuttiness, a fine base of chalky minerality, gentle fruit blossoms, brioche and still
that exotic (and truly captivating) topnote of lavender. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied
and already starting to blossom nicely, with a lovely core, fine focus and grip, elegant mousse
and a very long, complex and classy finish. The warmer vintage character of 2009 has allowed
this wine to come forward a bit quicker than I anticipated when I tasted the wine last and the
wine is drinking very nicely today. It may not last quite as long as I anticipated when I tasted it
soon after release, but it is now ready and showing beautifully. 2016-2030+.