1971 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut

Community Tasting Notes (3) Median Score: 92 points

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  1/18/2024 - aquacongas wrote: 92 Points

  not blind
  nearly no bubbles, typical nougat note, not oxidized but over his peak. At least from this bottle. 92

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  7/21/2019 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points

  A small gathering of friends - 71 Cristal, 08 Dom, 90 DRC GE, 01 Rayas, 90 Monfortino and etc. (Officina - Washington D.C.): Beautiful fully mature nose displaying decadent yellow fruit, apricot, apple cooked with a pinch of cinnamon, peach, toffee, coffee, ginger candy and orange peel. Absolutely gorgeous palate, beautifully layered sweet yellow fruit, sensual and fluid, still noticeable fine mousse, bright acidity and a seamless long slightly dry sweet yellow fruit driven finish. Although this particular bottle displays a lot of beautiful tertiary notes and fully mature, it is still quite lively. It is important to note that I love old Graves or white burgundies. A memorable Champagne but don’t look for freshness here.

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  10/12/2010 - canan wrote: 75 Points

  Alzero + misc (Terkels place): Most likely a defective bottle that at one or more points in time has been stored in a warm place.
  The color is light brown.
  Nose is filled with "brown" smells, mushrooms, brown apples and caramel.
  The palate is mostly dark/rotten apples but still quite pure in its flavors. Short aftertaste with some apple-juice acidity. Very little mousse.
  Overall impression is that it is just old and tired :-)

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