2019 L'Ermitage Brut Rosé
The rosé blend is crafted using a small fraction of red wine, from Pinot Noir grown on the estate, especially made for this purpose using Burgundian maceration technique that allows skin contact to extract color and aromas. Vintage 2019 features cooked peach and baked pastry crust aromatics. This wine’s plush, soft entry and creamy brightness enrobe the texture of the Pinot Noir.96 Points
A vintage-dated sparkler from estate-grown 50.4% Pinot Noir and 49.6% Chardonnay, including 3.8% Chardonnay from the 2016 vintage, the 2019 Brut Rose L'Ermitage offers a pretty salmon color and deeply floral bouquet of rose petal, before delving into a layered, complex world of wild strawberry and peach. Soft and supple in texture, with ample length, it should age for another 10+ years, finding even further cohesion between its imprint of fresh fruit, pastry crust, and creamy character. Dosage is 5.5 grams per liter. This will cellar for years, with a drinking window of now through 2039.
— JebDunnuck.com, Virginie Boone, February 202595 Points
A gorgeous sparkler that's flush with character yet elegant and refined, with lovely, crisp strawberry and red apple flavors laced with gingerbread, roasted nut and rose petal tones that sail on the lovely finish.
— Wine Spectator, Tim Fish, February 202594 Points
Roederer bought into the Anderson Valley in 1982 before the AVA was established in 1983, and their long commitment has resulted in fundamental knowledge of the growing seasons and terroir. This wine is made with a small percentage of red Pinot Noir, with over 620 acres of vines. There's a smoky tone of blood orange and piquant notes of mint and green tea leaves. The palate shows raspberry leaf herbals with toasted almond skin and toasted pastry cream. Released in the fall of 2024, disgorged November of 2023. This wine shows more concentration and phenolics.
— Decanter, Clive Pursehouse, December 2024
96 Points
...the 2019 Brut Rose L'Ermitage offers a pretty salmon color and deeply floral bouquet of rose petal, before delving into a layered, complex world of wild strawberry and peach.