Vintage Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry with morel mushrooms, seared scallops with butter sauce, aged Comte cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Louis Roederer's Vintage Brut is a masterclass in the expression of Pinot Noir from the cold, north-facing slopes of the Montagne de Reims, specifically the grand crus of Verzy and Verzenay. Unlike many houses that prioritize Chardonnay for their vintage cuvées, Roederer celebrates the structure, power, and vinous intensity of Pinot Noir, softened and illuminated by a touch of elegant Chardonnay. A signature of Roederer's style is the use of large oak foudres for aging a portion of the base wines, a traditional method that imparts a subtle creaminess, micro-oxygenation, and incredible depth without overpowering the pristine fruit. Historically, this cuvée represents the house's dedication to capturing the unique fingerprint of a single harvest, showcasing how the estate's biodynamic farming practices translate into tension, mineral precision, and remarkable longevity.
🍾 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 approximately 70%, Chardonnay approximately 30%
🍷 ABV
12% - 12.5%