Roederer Estate L'Ermitage 1999
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The 1999 L'Ermitage Brut is a lovely mature sparkling with touches of candle smoke, mushroom powder and iodine with layers of peach pastry, caramel and hazelnuts. The palate gains intensity and richness with honeyed fruits and loads of intoxicating brioche flavors. It retains a fine, creamy mousse and has an extraordinarily long finish. This was disgorged in March of 2003.
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Founded in 1982, Roederer Estate is nestled in Mendocino County’s fog-shrouded, Anderson Valley. As the California property of Champagne Louis Roederer, Roederer Estate builds upon a centuries-old tradition of fine winemaking. Roederer's unique winemaking style is based on two elements: complete ownership of its vineyards and the addition of oak-aged reserve wines to each year's blend or cuvee to create complex, dry and harmonious sparkling wines.
The crisp, fresh and rich flavors of Roederer Estate sparkling wines reflect the cool Anderson Valley that is home to their family-owned estate's 600 acres of vineyards. This protected valley in Northern California provides the ideal ripening conditions for their 100% estate-grown Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes. The blending team is comprised of the winemakers from the California property as well as from Champagne Louis Roederer, ensuring that Roederer Estate remains the most French of the California sparklers.
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