Aromas of clear honey, crisp green orchard fruit, white peach, pastry cream and dried white flowers introduce the 2012 Cristal, a full-bodied, concentrated and powerful wine thats built for the cellar. Broader, more textural and more muscular than the 2008 Cristal, with seemingly even greater reserves of structuring dry extract, the 2012 is incisive and searingly chalky. This is the first Cristal produced exclusively from organically farmed fruit, and it marks the opening of a new chapter for Louis Roderer. The blend is 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, vinified without malolactic fermentation and disgorged with 7.5 grams per liter dosage. Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon has once again excelled himself. (December 2019 Week 2, The Wine Advocate, 13th Dec 2019)
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クリスタルの魅力はチョーキーなミネラル感を伴うフィネスと、驚くほど熟成するエネルギーにあります。20年は楽に進化します。クリュッグのように熟成してからリリースするスタイではなく、比較的早めにリリースされます。その時点でもおいしいのですが、何本か購入して寝かせるのも楽しみです。