Community Tasting Notes 27

• fizz wrote:

  May 8, 2024 - Expressive nose, with pear and apple, white pepper, yuzu, chalk. It’s a chiseled out wine at first. As it warms and relaxes in the glass, there’s a mineral, chalky feel and a delicious salinity. Works so well with or without food. Youthful now, but delicious all the same.

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• Burgnick wrote: 92 points

  May 5, 2024 - Not feeling as strongly as other tasters. Decent but definitely great vintage for Cristal.

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• csimm wrote: 94 points

  April 26, 2024 - This was a much better showing with this bottle than the one I had a few months ago. This was a bit more relaxed, slightly oxidative, but with notable concentration. Blind, I initially thought this was a 2015 Churchill due to their similar profiles and displays of fruit (once revealed). With its delineated linear bead and white/higher-riding yellow fruit, the Cristal was notably fuller than the Churchill. With air, it became more complex, which is where the subtle oxidative notes started to percolate.
  
  I favor the 2013 Cristal (and 2008, though that has been a bit hit/miss for me - though a 2008 we also had during this tasting was very compelling). The 2015 will likely be a very good wine after a few more years in bottle, but I suspect it will never be a top reflection of the brand.

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• Satoshi Nakamoto Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 23, 2024 - Powerful, yet crisp and clean. Bright acid. Lemon curd, white stone fruit, lime, yellow flowers. Reminds me of the 2012, as @DCWino mentioned.

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• MN Wine Junkie Likes this wine: 97 points

  April 14, 2024 - Champers and Napa Cabs Blind - Fun Times! (Chateau Simms): This was presented in a blind tasting of some high-end Champagnes:
  
  1. NV Ulysse Collin Blanc de Blanc Enfers (Extra Brut)
  2. 2015 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill
  3. 2015 Cristal
  4. 2012 Leclerc Briant Château d'Avize, Blanc de Blancs, Brut Zéro
  5. NV Selosse Lieux-dits Extra Brut Ay La Côte Faron
  6. 2007 Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Elisabeth
  7. NV Selosse V.O.
  
  2015 Cristal - Love Cristal! This was easily narrowed down to this or the Winston Churchill....how ever the crystal (Cristal) clear bottle top above the bag gave it away! Honestly, totally blind it would have been a coin flip. Similar profile, creamy mousse, tart apple and pear and loaded with minerality. This wine was more Yuzu than lime and slightly more minerality and slightly more rounded (less acidity) than Winnie. 96+ to 97. Also slightly behind the 08 and 13....similar to the '07.
  
  Note: I typically love this style more than the oxidative style when drinking them without food, but with salty foods (think caviar), I actually preferred the oxidative style which went remarkably well with the food!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type White - Sparkling
• Producer Louis Roederer
• Varietal Champagne Blend
• Designation Cristal Brut
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Champagne
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Champagne
• UPC Codes 3114080701553, 3114080721551, 3114080781555, 4171488721353, 734599701559, 734599721557

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• In Cellars 1,908 (78%)
• Consumed 279 (11%)

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