2015 Louis Roederer Brut Nature Rose P Starck

The 2015 Brut Rose Nature is stellar. What a wine. Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon and his team capture a striking interplay of richness and drive, but with softer contours than the first few vintages of this wine. All of the personality of Cumieres comes through in this wonderfully savory, mineral Rose. Dried rose petal, chalk, mint and white pepper lend brilliancy that carries through to the intensely mineral finish. 94 points

To produce the 2015 Brut Nature Rose, Lecaillon and his team picked the ripest Pinot Noir in Roederer`s holdings in lieu-dit Les Chevres a week before the rest of their fruit there, macerating it at low temperature for four to five days before adding some 20% of this Pinot Noir to the same base that produces the regular Brut Nature. Delivering aromas of peach, clear honey, freshly baked bread and almond paste, it`s medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with a rich, vinous profile, racy acids and a long, chalky finish. This has always been a structured wine, but in 2015, that structure is cloaked in more flesh and texture. 94 points