
Rosé2000
Origin
Grape varieties
Wines in oak
22%
Blend
From 18 September to 2 October 2000
Dosage
11 g/l

A benchmark of success for the Pinot noir, 2000 brought the century to a close with great panache. After a long ageing, the wines can now be enjoyed to their fullest.
A snapshot of a year, this Rosé comes from 35 small staggered plots on the warm terroirs of Cumières planted with Pinot noir, and the cooler limestone soils of Chouilly, where the Chardonnay grows. From these contrasting soils of Domaine Louis Roederer in the Vallée de la Marne (also known as the Vignoble de la Rivière) comes an original rosé, always produced as a vintage champagne. The cellar master has a special destiny in store for it, something unique in Champagne, a long, gentle infusion of the Pinot noir that will enable him to draw out its juicy, ripe character while preserving its tremendous saline freshness.
Aged for at least four years in the cellars, this is a graceful, intense and fresh Rosé Champagne unlike any other.

Tasting notes
The last witness of the millennium, the Rosé 2000 just keeps on going, with fine bubbles and candied fruit notes that the years have polished. Yet it has lost none of its superb quality, underpinned as it is by a broad, creamy dimension and an infinite subtlety.
“This Rosé 2000 is a complex wine, with a robust, vinous structure, yet remaining fresh and elegant thanks to a well-honed finish and enduring acidity.”
Cellar Master

Ageing potential
Our champagnes undergo an extended period of ageing to allow them to gently evolve and mature, gaining in structure and depth, whilst developing highly nuanced aromas over the years.
You may enjoy them in the purity and chalky freshness of their youth or, if you appreciate more mature champagnes, wait a few more years or even decades for their candied, spicy notes to emerge. Our champagnes have a long future ahead of them and their destiny is in your hands!
Reviews
Wine Enthusiast (Dec. 2007)
93/100
Wine & Spirits (Dec. 2007)
91/100