Collection 243
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted poultry with a light cream sauce, or aged Comté cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Louis Roederer’s Collection 243 represents a brilliant evolution in the house's historic blending philosophy, marking the 243rd blend since its founding. Designed to combat the challenges of a warming climate while preserving the signature Roederer freshness, this multi-vintage Champagne is anchored by the exceptional 2018 harvest. It incorporates a meticulously managed 'Perpetual Reserve' started in 2012, kept in large stainless steel vats, alongside oak-aged reserve wines. The blend consists of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier sourced from prime plots across the Marne Valley, Montagne de Reims, and Côte des Blancs. This innovative approach yields a Champagne of remarkable depth, complexity, and vibrant salinity, honoring the legacy of a house that has defined excellence since the 18th century.
🍾 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