Louis Roederer, Champagne Vintage rosé 2015 gifts

Louis Roederer, Champagne Vintage rosé 2015 giftsYears of experience and a move towards sustainable practices in the vines allowed the craftsmen at Louis Roederer to create this fresh, ripe vintage ros by making the most of a growing season of widely differing kinds of weather. There are intense, fruity aromas of redcurrants and strawberries, with a delicious brightness that takes on depths of warm spice and richer fruit as the wine evolves in the glass. The same fresh fruit character introduces the

and dried flowers plus suggestions of spice cake and bay leaves

2022 ‘Nice floral fragrance on the nose

90% Pinot Noir

in which blackberries and blueberries stand out

On the palate there's a similar unfolding of wonders with flavours of dried fruit and nuts illuminated by hints of lemon here and toasty coffee there

Finishes with broad

Hints of spice and coconut beneath bold black and red fruit

authoritative bolt of iron through the finish to keep it all grounded

sleek and classy red with bark

93+/100 William Kelley

the 2015 Château Pape Clément is up at the top of the hierarchy and is a tour de force in Red Bordeaux that should be snatched up by readers

and chocolate that shows more and more floral nuances with time in the glass