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Louis Roederer
Brut Premier is the embodiment of Louis Roederer style,
combining all the fruitiness and freshness of youth with the
vinosity of a fully mature wine. This is a structured and
elegantly mature wine, with a lively attack and a smooth
palate.
Blend: 56% Pinot Noir, 34% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Meunier,
including 10% of reserve wines from three former harvests,
aged in oak casks for 2-6 years.
Maturation: an average of three years ageing on lees, plus
another six months after disgorging.
Dosage: 11-12g/L of sugar from the dosage liqueur.
Tasting notes: a golden colour with fine bubbles and a nose
of fresh fruit and hawthorn. Smooth, complex palate mingling
flavours of white-fleshed fruit (apple and pear) with red
berries (blackberries, raspberries, cherries) and notes of
toast and almonds. A pleasurable wine, deliciously smooth
and mature.
Choice of food: Brut Premier is excellent as an aperitif but
also readily accompanies light entrees based on fish or
shellfish.
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