Louis Roederer

Cristal, Rosé, 2013

Name: Cristal, Rosé
Brand: Louis Roederer
Price: 1446.64 GBP

99/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

99/100

Vinous

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all 2008 2013 2014

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2013
1x1.5L
DP
£1,446.64

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Critic Reviews

99/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

Interestingly, the 2013 Cristal Rosé is more austere than the Blanc. It has plenty of vibrant energy and steeliness but also a touch less generosity today. I suspect the 2013 is going through a period of closure, which I take as a positive sign for its long-term prospects and aging potential—likely to be measured in decades rather than years.

drinking window 2026 - 2053

date of review 11/2025

99/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A candidate for wine-of-the-vintage honors in Champagne, Roederer's 2013 Cristal Rose is showing brilliantly, unfurling in the glass with notes of crisp orchard fruit, white flowers, red berries, stone fruit, freshly baked bread and tangerine oil. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, the vintage's bright girdling acids are amply cloaked in exuberant, expressive and notably concentrated fruit; so while this Cristal is as tensile and age-worthy as one would expect, it's also impressively fleshy and generous given the year. Concluding with an intensely sapid finish, the 2013 isn't as overtly structured as the muscular, tightly wound 2012: rather, it's the 2013's alliance of cut and flesh, precision and charm that's so compelling this year. This is another banner vintage for what I consider the reigning champion of the region's tete de cuvee bottlings, and it will be worth an effort to acquire.

drinking window 2021 - 2061

date of review 04/2021

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Chardonnay/Pinot Noir

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12%

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.