Outrageous value. Roederer Brut Premier was probably my favourite widely available NV Champagne (especially in our relative wine wilderness up here) and this is an even better proposition. It’s certainly richer than the Brut Premier, but giving up a slightly less linear approach is more than made up for in this wine’s depth.
Buttery pastry, light wet stone, and plush orchard fruits greet you on the nose, already signalling what’s to come. Beautiful balance on the palate between generosity and tension, with balancing acids that play against the golden apple fruit and light nuttiness. Layered and deep. Long, textural finish.
Roederer simply has no competition among the large houses for quality. This is so, so good.
They were pouring it last week at the newly reopened AA Flagship Lounge at JFK. Can’t say how long it will last, but it was a pleasure to find it there.
I very much enjoyed my couple of glasses before my flight, but probably not a buy for me, as there are a number of champagnes in the same price range I prefer, as well as several that cost less. But a very nice drink, one I’d consider a gift on a restaurant list that tended towards the big names, or if I am up a creek without a bottle and need to pick up something at a random store.
I know. EWR is my local airport and therefore United is my default airline. In better days, Continental was a code share partner with Air France and I could fly first class on AF using my Continental miles. That was a nice way to travel.