Roederer Estate L'ermitage Anderson Valley 2002 91 Pts We 91 Pts Ws

WINE SPECTATOR REVIEW: 91 POINTS Sleek and complex, with lovely aromas of green apple, loam and warm cinnamon rolls. The flavors show pinpoint focus, yet are nicely layered, with baked apple, lime and toasty spice flavors that linger. Drink now through 2013. 8,332 cases made. TF Issue: Nov 30, 2008 WINE & SPIRITS REVIEW: 93 POINTS This wine combines remarkable freshness with elegant richness, so that even after it's been open for several days, the flavors are still evolving, the fruit still brisk as an autumn breeze... Built to age, this is an exceptional vintage of L'Ermitage. WINE ENTHUSIAST REVIEW: POINTS Compared to Roederer’s current nonvintage bubblies, this one’s tight and not as likeable. It has an almost rustic scoury feeling. But it’s very rich in cherries, raspberries, white peaches and yeasty, leesy influences, and probably needs time in the bottle. Try after 2010. - S.H. (12/31/2008) WINEMAKER NOTES: Fine tiny bubbles and a long lasting mousse are the usual footprints of the L’Ermitage cuvée. This cuvée from the palindromic vintage 2002 is showing great notes of “tarte tatin”: baked apples and buttery crust, with notes of apricot and delicate vanilla bean. The mouthfeel is creamy, expresses flavors of quince, and bread crust with a clean and crisp yet long finish.