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Louis Roederer Cristal 2002

Луи Рьодерер Кристал брут 2002
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Producer:
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Louis Roederer (Луи Рьодерер)
Country:
France (Франция) 
Region:
Champagne
Vintage:
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2002
Variety:
Pinot Noir (Пино Ноар)

Chardonnay (Шардоне)
€ 133  
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23 Jul 2011

Winemaker's notes:
"An intense delicate wine that reveals a precise, pure combination of sugared flowers, cocoas, finely toasted hazelnuts, and candied citrus fruits. The texture is infinitely silky, concentrated and flavoursome with an explosion of ripe fruit, red fruit, white chocolate, caramel and viennoiserie typical of Cristal. It is a powerful and elegant wine with a crescendo of sensations that attains a true harmony of flavours and perfect integration. The end is fresh with a fine bitterness which almost lends the wine 'crispness'."
Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon

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How to drink it
Food: Artichokes, Chicken, Cold Meats, Crab, Lobster, Nuts, Olives, Other White Fish, Oysters (Raw), Pasta with Cream Sauce, Pasta with Shellfish, Quiche, Red Snapper, Scallops, Scallops, caviar with citrus; Half-smoked salmon; Chardonnay lobster and rhubarb; Spider crab and fennel; Oysters with a champagne zabaglione; Oyster tartare chipolatas with chives; Marinated raw fish, Shrimp, Striped Bass, Tuna, Turkey, Veal
Cheese: Asiago, Gruyere, Mild Cheddar, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Provolone, Ricotta
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