2013 Louis Roederer, Cristal Rose, Bottle (750ml)
$589
100RP99AG99DR
Critic key
RP = Robert ParkerAG = Antonio GalloniDR = Decanter
- Rating
- RP100/AG99/DR99
- Producer
- Cristal
- Vintage
- 2013
- Region
- Champagne
- Country
- France
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- ABV
- 12.0
- Type
- Sparkling
- Color
- Rose
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Product Description
RP100 "The 2013 Cristal Rosé from Louis Roederer is one of the most complete wines to be found in Champagne in this vintage, so utterly pure and precise that I would run the risk of exhausting superlatives trying to express its clarity. Displaying a pale hue, it soars from the glass with a bouquet of kaleidoscopic complexity, featuring notes of tangerine zest, raspberry and rose petals mingling with peeled almonds and spices. Enjoyed from magnum, disgorged in February 2024, the wine’s persistent palate offers a bright, vibrant core of fruit, refined mousse and fine-boned structure, with racy and fresh acidity and a long, chalky finish. “With 2013, I was confident from day one, which was not the case with 2008,” recalls Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon, and the result in the glass precludes any argument about it—the 2013 Cristal Rosé is a wine that’s structurally complete, deep and multifaceted, even more spectacular than the white 2013 Cristal. When I asked William Kelley why he gave 99 points to 2013 if he rated the 2008 Cristal Rosé with 100, he for a moment insisted to me that it was the other way around." KK for TWA April 2025
AG99 "The 2013 Cristal Rosé (magnum) is a Champagne of extraordinary dimension, concentration and pure power. All of the richness of a vintage marked by a delayed start, intense heat in summer and a late harvest comes through in a Champagne that dazzles from start to finish. The magnum format is especially evident here, as there are layers of slight reduction and textural intensity that are not present in both the 2014 in this tasting and the 2013 Cristal Rosé in bottle. Dosage is 7 grams per liter. Disgorged: March 2023. (Drink between 2025-2055)" AG for VM Dec 2025
DR99 "It's hardly news that Roederer's Cristal Rosé excelled in 2013, although in magnum the sheer energy and electricity that buzzes through this effortlessly detailed, ravishing rosé is even more remarkable. Everything is placed with quiet precision here; vivid, sweet mandarin and redcurrant fruit sit in perfect harmony with salty, umami sourdough, gentle pistachio and madeleine richness and a perfectly tapering, satin-smooth mousse. There's not a hair out of place nor a flavour singing too loudly; it's almost impossible to pick apart, lifting and elongating on the palate almost endlessly. Set to be a true classic." TH for DR Oct 2024
AG99 "The 2013 Cristal Rosé (magnum) is a Champagne of extraordinary dimension, concentration and pure power. All of the richness of a vintage marked by a delayed start, intense heat in summer and a late harvest comes through in a Champagne that dazzles from start to finish. The magnum format is especially evident here, as there are layers of slight reduction and textural intensity that are not present in both the 2014 in this tasting and the 2013 Cristal Rosé in bottle. Dosage is 7 grams per liter. Disgorged: March 2023. (Drink between 2025-2055)" AG for VM Dec 2025
DR99 "It's hardly news that Roederer's Cristal Rosé excelled in 2013, although in magnum the sheer energy and electricity that buzzes through this effortlessly detailed, ravishing rosé is even more remarkable. Everything is placed with quiet precision here; vivid, sweet mandarin and redcurrant fruit sit in perfect harmony with salty, umami sourdough, gentle pistachio and madeleine richness and a perfectly tapering, satin-smooth mousse. There's not a hair out of place nor a flavour singing too loudly; it's almost impossible to pick apart, lifting and elongating on the palate almost endlessly. Set to be a true classic." TH for DR Oct 2024