The house of Louis Roederer was founded in 1776 and has been owned by the same family since 1819- one of the last of the great independent champagne houses.
Annuel Champagne production: Brut Premier, Brut Vintage, Brut Rose, Blanc de Blancs and CRISTAL - totals nearly three million bottles, distributed in 80 countries worldwide with an annuel turnover of roughly 91 million Euros.
Frederic Rouzaud Managing Director since 2006, maintaining the traditional values of a family whose first priority is sustained excellence. He oversees holding that in addition to Louis Roederer Estate and Scharffenberger in California; Champagne Deutz in Ay and Maison Delas in the Rhone Valley; Ramos Pinto in Portugal; Domaines Ott in Province; Chateau de Pez, Chateau Haut-Beausejour (Saint-Estephe) and, since 2007, Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande (Pauillac) and Chateau Bernadotte (Haut Medac), all in Bordeau.
Together these generate an annual turnover of 180 million Euros.
Champagne is the drink of celebration by excellence but is also a uniquely delicate wine. Everyone of our Champagnes starts its life in a remarkable 214 Hectare Vineyard that over the centuries has come to encompass the religion’s finest terroir - an extraordinary patchwork of Grands Grus, each with a unique character that remains intact in the finished wine.
Brut Premier embodies the Louis Roderer house style, gracefully blending the old and new. Made from reserve wines, it allies the freshness of youth with the roundness and vinosity of mature wine. This is a structured expansive Champagne with a smooth attack and a modern, powerful style with no loss of finesse.
An intense and powerful Brut Vintage with a complete range of rich aromas that perfectly express the year of its origin. Few wines reveal so authentically the qualities of their terroir, the magic of the vintage and the Louis Roederer savoir-faire.
The fruit for this Brut Rose is specially sourced from cumiere, a village famous for its perfectly ripe grapes and rigorous viticultural standards. That same care is reflected in this Rose de Saingnee that combines delicate fruit with elegant pink tones, plus a richness that express all the liveliness and vinous structure of the Pinot Noir.
Cristal is a precise, harmonious wine: rich and powerful with superb aging potential and an infinite silky texture bursting with scents of red fruit, white chocolate, caramel and sweet pastries. The finish is sustained by a freshness and tartness that adds a whiff of crispness.
Cristal Rose is the rare wine by Excellence, as precise as Cristal with a peerless finesse. This is an intense and refreshing Champagne, with a complex array of flavours that are dominated by scents of cherries, candied citrus, almonds and honey. The texture is generous and refined but with no loss of that lovely, lively freshness that is plainly the leitmotif of this unique grand vin.
