2003 Roederer Estate L’Ermitage Brut, Anderson Valley

Ratings & Tasting Notes:

96 points — Wine Enthusiast
An Editors’ Choice from a great vintage for Roederer Estate; at eight years of age, this wonderful wine was just getting started.

Cult Wines International Notes:

Roederer Estate was founded in 1982 in California’s fog-shrouded Anderson Valley, in Mendocino County, as the American outpost of Champagne Louis Roederer. Using only estate-grown fruit and only the first, finest pressing, with blends assembled alongside the Roederer team from Reims, it is widely regarded as the most French of California’s sparkling wine houses.

L’Ermitage is Roederer Estate’s tête de cuvée, made only in exceptional years and first released with the 1989 vintage. The 2003 blends 52% Chardonnay and 48% Pinot Noir with a little aged reserve wine, finished with a dosage aged for years in French oak casks. It offers toast, brioche, crushed apple, pear and quince with a creamy texture. Wine Enthusiast awarded 96 points, and it was named to Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2011.

Bottle Size:

750 mL

Storage History:

Always stored on its side in a climate-controlled cellar.

Condition:

Please note: The bottle shown is the exact bottle being sold.

Outstanding condition.