“This is the exact vision of Cristal,” he said. “We would not have been able to make this wine without the ’96 experience.” The 1996 vintage in Champagne should have been a dream ...

The Champagne house is preparing to release the 2005 vintage of Cristal so I asked Lécaillon to take a break from his fast-paced life managing the vineyards and cellars of Roederer (which range ...

Many houses produced a vintage-dated Champagne in 2006 ... most of the time the attention is centered on Roederer Cristal or Armand de Brignac Ace of Spades (both around $200+ a bottle).

If Champagne is the ultimate celebration wine ... which explains the lengthy aging potential of Cristal. Vintage differences, as with all Champagnes, range according to acidity, ripeness and ...

With those lessons learned, Lécaillon and the other panelists ensured that the 2008 vintage reflected the best of their houses. The Louis Roederer Brut Champagne Cristal 2008 ($279), which scored 97 ...

We enjoy a bottle of Cristal Brut on occasion but would like you to suggest substitutes (or as close as possible) at a lesser price. We look forward to your recommendations. Yikes. That's a tall ...

The quality of the fruit sourced for the Vintage blend held strong ... then managing director of the Champagne Louis Roederer winery, which is the maker of Cristal. In 2021, JAY-Z sold 50% of ...

As a result, Cristal became the hip-hop Champagne ... to challenge Jay-Z’s brand in that arena. Krug also makes a vintage Champagne, and has just released the excellent 2004, although the ...

The name “Champagne” is no guarantee ... ($70), which replaced Brut Premier, to the vintage blanc de blancs ($110) to the brilliant, high-end Cristal ($350). Maisons Marques & Domaines USA ...

And that pressure inside—and outside—the bottle has caught the imaginations of champagne innovators. “We conduct many trials every year to fine-tune the pressure to the vintage,” says ...