Collection 245
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters on the half shell, roasted poultry with a light cream sauce, or aged Comté cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Louis Roederer's Collection 245 represents a modern evolution in Champagne blending, marking the house's 245th blend since its founding. Born from the warm 2020 harvest, this multi-vintage cuvée is designed to embrace climate variations rather than fight them. It is crafted from a precise blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier, sourced from the finest plots across the Marne Valley, Côte des Blancs, and Montagne de Reims. At its heart lies a dual-engine of complexity: a 'Perpetual Reserve' started in 2012 that brings depth and saline freshness, combined with oak-aged reserve wines that impart Roederer's signature texture and pastry-like richness. This innovative approach yields a Champagne of remarkable tension, vibrant citrus fruits, and a chalky, mineral-driven finish that honors the house's historic legacy.
🍾 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