Louis Roederer Collection 246 Pinot Noir grilled nut-and-buttered toast aromas dominate

grilled nut-and-buttered toast aromas dominate at first pour

then expanding with aeration

The trademark Wendouree menthol and eucalypt lift is present but typically more restrained here than across other cuvées in the range

the straight Shiraz is widely considered the premium expression — the wine that most purely captures what this extraordinary vineyard is capable of

Louis Roederer Collection 246 Pinot Noir grilled nut-and-buttered toast aromas dominateChampagne coloured with bright, luminous reflections. Very fine, even bubbles. The bouquet reveals yellow fruits (mirabelle plum and nectarine) and candied citrus (lemon), complemented by toasted, oaky notes (vanilla) which come from the 24% of wines vinified in our French oak foudres. The fine reductive notes (shellfish) weave their spell, giving the wine a very chiselled character sculpted by the Chardonnay. Collection 246 is a precise, soft and