While 2007 was not the greatest vintage, Roederer managed to produce one of the best wines of the year. It is a great blend of mature yellow fruits, with a pure line of tangy orange zest. Tightly txtured, with bright acidity and steely minerality, it promises long aging. Drink until 2025, and possibly longer.

The 2007 Brut Millésime from Louis Roederer is comprised of a blend of thirty percent chardonnay and seventy percent pinot noir, with all of the chardonnay hailing from estate vineyards in the Côte des Blancs and the pinot noir all from the house’s own vineyards on the Montagne de Reims, with the furthest north villages used being Verzenay and Verzy, with the exposition of the vineayrds towards the northeast, which helps retain acidity and precision in the finished wine. The chardonnay in the blend for this wine is aged in old oak prior to blending, without going through malo, to add roundness to the finished wine, without sacrificing cut and grip. The 2007 is still a young wine, but it is absolutely stellar, wafting from the glass in a mélange of apple, pear, kaleidoscopic minerality, brioche and a topnote of orange peel. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, young and racy, with a rock solid core, great focus and cut, very elegant mousse and simply superb length and grip on the focused and seamless finish. Electric juice- are we starting to see the first impact of biodynamism on this cuvée? 2017-2040+.

Pale golden in color, the Roederer 2007 Vintage Brut offers a classic and highly elegant as well as intense and complex bouquet of tea, fruit and floral aromas indicating freshly cracked wheat grain, malt, ripe and slightly cooked apples, lime peels, quince, oranges and roasted almonds. The palate is pure, fresh, mineral, highly elegant, very vinous, complex and persistent. The aging potential is excellent here. - Stephan Reinhardt

A mouthwatering version, with a creamy mousse and a tangy palate of ripe blackberry, lemon parfait, poached apricot and biscuit, underscored by a thread of smoky mineral and ground spice. Shows beautiful balance. Drink now through 2027. –AN