Louis Roederer Brut Nature 2015 by Philippe Starck Bottle (0.75L) | Naked Bottle
The Louis Roederer Brut Nature 2015 Philippe Starck cuvée, the fourth opus of the collaboration between the Champagne House and the famous designer, is offered a spectacular new vintage. Continental and sunny, the 2015 vintage offers explosive sap, magnificent concentration and great depth, playing on the codes of maturation with refinement.
“Brut Nature is a laboratory that allows Louis Roederer to push this living, this biodiversity to the utmost to see to what extent it could take over many of our practices.” Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, Cellar Manager Champagne Louis Roederer
“We are totally in the right part of the future.” Philippe Starck
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Brut Nature 2015 by Philippe Starck
The story of Brut Nature began more than ten years ago with a conversation between Frédéric Rouzaud, Chairman and CEO of Champagne Louis Roederer, Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, Cellar Master, and the designer Philippe Starck. The lively and passionate exchange, which has now developed into a true friendship, laid the foundations for this minimalist cuvée that is bursting with life. This fourth opus expresses in its turn and in its own way, both singular and faithful to the fundamentals of Brut Nature, the very winegrower identity of a champagne wine that draws its authenticity and originality from a gesture that is as precise and incisive as it is free and emotional.
This cuvée is the fruit of a new exploration of the Cumières terroir, this clay hillside facing the sun and bathed in all its light, and in particular of three contiguous plots – Les Pierreuses, Les Chèvres, Les Clos – formerly pasture land. The cold, clayey soils, which contrast with the chalky soil of the Champagne region, offer, in the warmest years, an ideal ripeness and a superior vibrancy, forming a nice contrast between the intensity of the fruit and the salinity characteristic of Brut Nature.
Louis Roederer Brut Nature 2015 by Philippe Starck is a modern, mineral and upright wine, a perfect snapshot of its origin.
Tasting Notes
Dynamic and regular effervescence.
The bouquet is pure, slender, vertical, rich and concentrated. It evokes ripe but very fine aromas: fine and delicate citrus zest (lemon, orange), vanilla (Madagascar bourbon vanilla) and warmer nuances of baked apple, tatin which gradually open up towards nougat.
The palate offers a marked and singular contrast, at once very expressionist through the broad, juicy, almost sensual texture of the Cumières clays in a solar year and resolutely minimalist thanks to a true line of pure, mineral and salivating freshness linked to the zero dosage. The ripe citrus fruits mingle with the warm pebbles, further supporting this salivating and umami side. The finish is energetic, light and ethereal.
Technical sheet
Blend : 46% Chardonnay, 37% Pinot noir, 17% Meunier.
Vinification : From the vineyard of "La Rivière".
Characteristics : The 2015 vintage is the expression of a place, the black earth of Cumières. The clay slope of Cumières, facing the sun and bathed in all its light, is a blessed enclave where the grapes always have a particular perfume and richness. It is here, on this black soil on the banks of the Marne, that opulent, generous fruit with a great intensity of flavour has always blossomed. In warmer years, they always offer ideal ripeness and a superior vibration, forming a nice contrast between the intensity of the fruit and the salinity. 2015 is a continental year of full maturity, with explosive fruitiness and dense, concentrated textures. A spectacular vintage marked by a hot and sunny summer, with record temperatures and a radiant end to the season when the rain helped to slow down the ripening process. This cool finish produced juicy grapes with a particularly interesting vegetal sap. "On these plots of Les Chèvres, the black clay concentrated the matter and formed a nice contrast between the intensity of the fruit, its salinity and the vibrancy of the terroir," emphasises the Cellar Master.
Characteristics : 2015
