Champagne Louis Roederer Blanc de Blancs Vintage
Champagne, France
Vintage:2019 (Current)
2016 (Past) | 2017 (Current) |
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Reviews
Wine Enthusiast 97 Points
Built like detailed embroidery on delicate lace, this wine embodies elegance. A beautiful, melded bouquet of orange blossom, quince, chamomile, marcona almond, jasmine and fine chalk greets the nose. The palate is silky and effortless, offering white peach tartlette, makrut leaf and white tea before a chiseled chalk finish. Stunning, and this should only reward with further cellaring.
The Wine Advocate 94 Points
Produced from four plots on the mid-slope in Avize, Roederer’s 2019 Blanc de Blancs, disgorged in December 2025 with a dosage of seven grams per liter, is a success, unfurling in the glass with aromas of citrus oil, nashi pear and Granny Smith apple mingled with blanched almonds and warm bread. On the palate, it is medium- to full-bodied, concentrated, ample and textural, with a generous, fragrant core of fruit underpinned by bright acidity that leads into a persistent, saline finish. Fuller-bodied and more enveloping than the Blanc de Noirs, it gets my nod this year.
Jeb Dunnuck 97 Points
Entirely Chardonnay from Avize, the 2019 Champagne Blanc De Blancs pours a brilliant, uniform silver-yellow hue, with verbena, jasmine, white pineapple, bitter citrus, salinity, and a delicate halo of flinty reduction. Full-bodied in sensation without carrying weight, it has bright energy and excellent length, with the bitter citrus and salty character lingering on the finish. It was made without malolactic fermentation, with one-third fermented in oak, and bottled at a lower pressure of 4 bars. This should only improve with time. Drink 2028-2045.
Wine Spectator 94 Points
Though minerally on the nose, this bursts with fruit flavors on the palate, offering a panoply of pineapple, passion fruit, pear and coconut notes, with accents of toast point, pastry cream and grated ginger. Creamy and finely meshed, this shows good tension and drive, with racy acidity providing a sleek, sculpted form. Mouthwatering and well-spiced on the finish. Drink now through 2040.
JamesSuckling.com 94 Points
Attractive aromas of cooked apples, brioche and light toast that follow through to a full body with fruit flavors and very fine bubbles. Persistent and rich at the end. Lots of flavor. From hillside vineyard near the town of Avize. Drink now.
View From the Cellar 94 Points
The 2019 Louis Roederer Blanc de Blancs Brut Millésime is an excellent young wine. All of the grapes that go into this bottling hail from the maison’s La Côte estate in Avize. Just over a quarter of the vins clairs for this vintage were barrel-fermented and raised in cask. It was disgorged in July of 2025, after five years aging sur latte, and finished with a dosage of seven grams per liter in this excellent vintage. The wine is still youthful, but offers up a refined and complex bouquet of apple, pear, almond, brioche, a touch of fresh nutmeg, just a hint of oak, a fine base of chalky minerality, dried flowers and a topnote of lemon zest. On the palate the wine is deep, crisp and full-bodied, with a lovely core of fruit, fine focus and complex, lovely mineral undertow, elegant mousse and impeccable balance on the long and precise finish. This is certainly approachable today, but it is still a young wine and giving it five or six years in the cellar will pay handsome benefits. 2026-2065.
Jeb Dunnuck 95 Points
A bright medium yellow color, the 2019 Champagne Blanc de Blancs is focused on the nose and is an exciting wine because it’s beautiful and friendly yet still carries real structure. It has lemon sorbet and creamy cheese notes, with concentration and beauty but also vertical minerality. It’s a gorgeous Chardonnay with long-lasting energy and length, and the mousse is refreshing and springy, bringing fresh energy throughout.
Overview
From 1830 onwards, the House of Louis Roederer acquired extensive knowledge of the Champagne terroirs, began experimenting with plot-by-plot vinification, and mastered the art of delicate effervescence. It is in the heart of the famous Côte des Blancs, specifically in the Grand Cru estate vineyards of "La Côte" in Avize, where Louis Roederer sources its Chardonnay grapes. These grapes attain optimal maturity on the calcareous soils, enabling the House to produce taut, highly aromatic wines with ethereal finesse.
Winemaking
The Blanc de Blancs 2019 cuvée was drawn off at low pressure in order to create a rounder and smoother effervescence. 23% of the wine was vinified in oak casks. Bottle-aged for 5 years and then left to rest for a further 8 months after disgorging to attain the perfect maturity. Zero malolactic fermentation. The dosage is 7 g/L.
Tasting Notes
Deep yellow hue with bright tints. Delicate, ultra-fine and even bubbles. The bouquet chowcases Chardonnay at its finest: powdered chalk, candied lemon, white flowers (jasmine), harvest notes and lightly toasted almonds. It radiates a springtime airiness and the freshness of a sea breeze. Dense, concentrated, and intense on the palate. The crisp, juice fruit is beautifully brought out by caressing, unctuous bubbles. Seamlessly integrated, it displays precision and clarity of fruit, drawn out by a fresh, energetic saline finish. The oak is present yet discreet, adding a grainy, vinous structure that is both generous and mouthwatering, and a few white chocolate notes reminiscent of the finesse of the great white Burgundies.
Harvest Notes
This was a unique year, marked by sunshine and erratic weather, with intense and at times brutal extremes. However, the 2019 wines turned out to be a combination of quality, maturity, and concentration. One word defines this vintage: EXCEPTIONAL!
Technical Information
Varietals: 100% Chardonnay
Harvest Start Date: September 13, 2019
Dosage: 7 g/L