Roederer Estate L’Ermitage 2007 (Archive)
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Reviews
93 Points, #60 of 2015 Top 100
Wine Spectator December 31, 2015
“Instead of Napa or Sonoma, Champagne house Louis Roederer established
its sparkling wine outpost in Mendocino’s quiet Anderson Valley in 1982. Roederer Estate L’Ermitage 2007, the current release of the winery’s tête de cuvée, proves the location was a smart choice. The 2007 season was long and moderate, with plentiful fog. Winemaker Arnaud Weyrich used the estate’s best lots, blending roughly equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.”
Overview
L’Ermitage, Roederer Estate’s special tête de cuvée, is a sparkling wine made only in exceptional years from pre-selected, estate-grown grapes. Carrying on the tradition of Champagne Louis Roederer in France, Roederer Estate produces its sparkling wines in the traditional French méthode traditionelle and adds special oak-aged reserve wines to each blend. L’Ermitage debuted with the 1989 vintage.
Winemaking
Roederer Estate wines are made with juice from just the cuvée pressing; no première or deuxième taille is used. The concept of the vintage L’Ermitage is the same one that is used in Champagne: Only the best of the vintage is selected. These are exceptional wines that create a noble blend that allows for longer aging, which produces a fine wine with elegance and finesse.
The wine for the reserve dosage added to the L’Ermitage 2007 was aged five years in a French oak cask. Following disgorgement, L’Ermitage 2007 was aged an additional five months minimum on the cork prior to release.
Tech
Appellation: Anderson Valley, California, United States
Varietals: 52% Chardonnay, 48% Pinot Noir – 4% aged reserve wine, vintage 2004 and 2005
Wine Alcohol: 12.5%
Titratable Acidity: 1.1
pH: 2.97
Residual Sugar: 11.9 g/L
Cases Produced: 3,283 750ml cases, and 247 magnum cases
Tasting Notes
Fine tiny bubbles and a long lasting mousse are the usual footprints of the L’Ermitage cuvée. This cuvée is showing great notes of apricot tart and hazelnut. The mouth feel is smooth, velvety, creamy with a well enveloped citrus acidity and long finish.
Latest tasting done on April 2018.
