1999 louis roederer, cristal vinotheque rose
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Why We're Buying
Louis Roederer Cristal Vinothèque Edition Brut Millésimé Rosé is as coveted and expensive a rosé as there is. A single bottle retails for more than $2,000, second only to Dom Perignon. The blend features 70 pinot and 30 chardonnay. The cuvée ages for four years and then six more months after dégorgement.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 1999 Cristal Rosé Vinothèque spent seven years sur lattes and seven years sur pointes before disgorgement in 2013. Bursting with aromas of dried citrus peel, pomelo, white cherries, fresh pastry, iodine and beeswax, it's medium to full-bodied, vinous and fleshy, with a chalky backbone that enlivens the wine's textural, muscular profile, concluding with a long and sapid finish. Again, there's an extra dimension here beyond what the 1999 Cristal—impressive in its own right—achieves. Fully mature, this will drink well for the better part of two decades.