The Essence of Cristal Through the Prism of the 2014 Vintage
"If I don't make mistakes, I never learn." Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon's words are hardly original but still they took me by surprise. I...
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May 11, 2021
Cristal 2013: the Vintage that Outdoes the Cristal of Cristals
If Louis Roederer Cristal 2008 was "the Cristal of Cristals", in the memorable words of chef de cave Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon at the...
Nov 21, 2018
Cristal Vinothèque: the quest for eternal youth
The tasting of the first two vintages, 1995 and 1996, of Roederer's ultrarare Cristal Vinothèque When Louis Roederer released the first...
Jun 2, 2016
Liquid Gold: seven vintages of Cristal Champagne – drunk, not just tasted!
The occasion was a dinner at the Hotel Particulier in Reims, the Roederer family home, in May 2016, hosted by Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon,...
Jun 2, 2016
The Golden Age of Champagne
Vins Clairs from the great 2015 vintage, some of which will go into Cristal in the current, new Golden Age of Champagne Rather a quaint...
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