Feb 2, 2022The Essence of Cristal Through the Prism of the 2014 Vintage "If I don't make mistakes, I never learn." Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon's words are hardly original but still they took me by surprise. I...
May 11, 2021Cristal 2013: the Vintage that Outdoes the Cristal of Cristals If Louis Roederer Cristal 2008 was "the Cristal of Cristals", in the memorable words of chef de cave Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon at the...
Nov 21, 2018Cristal Vinothèque: the quest for eternal youthThe tasting of the first two vintages, 1995 and 1996, of Roederer's ultrarare Cristal Vinothèque When Louis Roederer released the first...
Jun 2, 2016Liquid Gold: seven vintages of Cristal Champagne – drunk, not just tasted!The occasion was a dinner at the Hotel Particulier in Reims, the Roederer family home, in May 2016, hosted by Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon,...