Louis Roederer (Starck), Brut Nature Vintage:2006 but it is otherwise firm

but it is otherwise firm and compact at its core with a solid delivery of quality fruit

This well-made effort will need a few years to add depth

Clapes 2005 Cornas sports a still youthful ruby color to go with lots of crushed rock-like minerality

Rather silky texture

Louis Roederer (Starck), Brut Nature Vintage:2006 but it is otherwise firmThe bright golden Roederer & Starck 2009 Brut Nature assembles two thirds Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier with one third Chardonnay. The grapes come from various parcels in Cumires and were harvested the same day and then pressed together all at once. The idea here is that the place is stronger than the expression of the varietals. Regarding the place, it's a deep and marly clay soil that gives a big expression of fruit in a continental and sunny year