Champagne LOUIS ROEDERER Rosé 2016

A great champagne must be made from grapes that have reached a beautiful ripeness, which is sometimes difficult to achieve in the Champagne climate. This is why Louis chose to invest in Cumières, where the shallow clay-limestone soils, benefiting from a south-facing exposure with enhanced light from the Marne river, allow for a high phenolic maturity.

2016 VINTAGE
A three-step climatic waltz, with strong, clear and sharp contrasts! A magnificent, dry spring ending with a scorching June; an autumnal, cool and rainy summer; a warm, sunny and very dry September... worthy of an August. The "key" to the vintage lies both in the soils and the work of the winegrowers: the chalk soils, winners because they are more draining, in the middle-lower part of the hillside, allowed the excess water from the summer to drain away and limit excessive vigor... they will be revealed by our increasingly virtuous viticultural practices, allowing us to go even further in the search for balance in the grapes and their ripeness.

BLENDING
To produce its rosé champagnes, Louis Roederer has developed a truly unique method in Champagne over the years. Called "infusion" within the House, it allows for extracting the juicy and ripe side of Pinot Noir while preserving a very high freshness. Thus, some Chardonnay juices are poured into a maceration of Pinot Noir to ferment together and integrate perfectly. The dosage is 8 g/l.