2018 Champagne Roederer Hommage à Camille Coteaux Champenois Chardonnay
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There are a tiny 1,631 bottles of the 2018 Coteaux Champenois Mareuil-sur-Aÿ Hommage à Camille, a rare bird coming from less than half a hectare of Pinot Noir vines planted in 2002. It's a beautiful dry red with a deeper ruby hue as well as Burgundian notes of ripe black cherries, mulberries, sous bois, sweet spice, and dried flowers. Pretty, medium-bodied, and elegant on the palate, it has nicely integrated tannins, a good spine of acidity, and outstanding length. This classy, layered, elegant red should evolve for a decade.
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Jeb Dunnuck
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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From a 0.55-hectare parcel in lieu-dit Volibarts, Roederer's 2018 Coteaux Champenois Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Hommage à Camille unwinds in the glass with an understated bouquet of white flowers, linden blossom, citrus zest, blanched almonds and rock salt. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, it's seamless and complete, with bright girdling acids and an intensely chalky finish. Lecaillon believes this will be long-lived wine, developing additional facets with age; and having followed an open bottle over several days, I'm inclined to agree with him.