Collection 242
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2029
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, pan-seared sea bass, and aged hard cheeses like Comté.
✨ Technical Specifications
Louis Roederer's Collection 242 represents a revolutionary evolution in the house's non-vintage philosophy, succeeding the historic Brut Premier. The number 242 signifies the 242nd blend created since the estate's founding in 1776. Crafted to embrace the realities of climate change, this cuvée is anchored by the 2017 harvest, blended with a 'Perpetual Reserve' established in 2012 and reserve wines aged in oak foudres. The blend typically consists of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier sourced from select plots across the Marne Valley. This innovative approach yields a Champagne of remarkable freshness, precision, and multi-layered complexity, balancing vibrant citrus and stone fruit notes with a rich, toasted brioche finish.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in Reims in 1776 and renamed upon Louis Roederer’s succession in 1833, Champagne Louis Roederer stands as one of the region’s preeminent independent, family-owned Grandes Marques. Spanning 250 hectares predominantly situated within Grands and Premiers Crus across the Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne, and Côte des Blancs, the estate prioritizes exceptional estate-owned viticulture. Under Chief Executive Frédéric Rouzaud and long-tenured Chef de Cave Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, the house has pioneered large-scale viticultural regenerative transitions, with vast holdings certified organic and farmed biodynamically. The winemaking style combines parcel-by-parcel vinification, judicious large-oak maturation, and blocked malolactic fermentation to preserve chalk-driven tension, textural depth, and crystalline purity. Louis Roederer is internationally renowned for creating Cristal—the iconic prestige cuvée developed in 1876 for Tsar Alexander II—alongside Cristal Rosé, vintage-dated parcel expressions, and the dynamic multi-vintage Collection series based on a perpetual reserve system.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier