Guests celebrated the launch of Louis Roederer's Collection 242 at an exclusive soirée in Adelaide.
Over two hours, there was free-flowing champagne, canapés and small plates, enjoyed against the easy beat of Paloma's southern European-style surroundings.
Louis Roederer is the most exciting and progressive Champagne House today. Spurred on by the pursuit of taste , they have achieved a meaningful legacy over the past 21 years, earning a unique status as the region’s largest organically certified producer. We were privileged to showcase a bellwether moment for Louis Roederer, with the launch of a new multi-vintage, Collection 242, which replaces Brut Premier.
About Collection 242
The release of Collection 242 is an audacious move for Louis Roederer which has traversed (or perhaps, more accurately, bounded and leaped) its way along a path of unequivocal progress, refinement and purpose over the past two decades. So, perhaps we shouldn’t be at all surprised that its multi-vintage was next to be ameliorated.
242 stands for the 242nd blend made by the House which is based on harvest 2017. It comprises: 42% chardonnay, 36% pinot noir, 22% meunier. 10% reserve wine aged in oak from 2016, 2015, 2014, 3013, 2011 and 2009. 34% perpetual reserve from 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012. 34% malolactic fermentation. Dosage is 8g/L.
The nose is pronounced; fronting with lemony freshness, creamy, then with sweet summer fruits and ginger spice. On the palate, it’s rich and succulent, loaded with mineral energy and malic tension, and drives some intense red and yellow fruits with just a little apple peel bitterness. It finishes in a crescendo of salty mineral verve and dry extract.
