Roederer Estate Brut Rosé Anderson Valley L'Ermitage 2019

97 points/'Cellar Selection' Wine Enthusiast: "The aromas on the nose are fresh, like springtime, with notes of peach, kumquat, crème fraiche, youthful tiny red berries and orange blossoms on the nose. The midpalate is creamy Orange Julius with little fine bubbles, golden delicious apple, raspberry, acacia flowers and brioche with a lipsmacking, laser focus on the finish. Lovely! (Sep 2025)"

96 points Virginie Boone (JebDunnuck.com): "A vintage-dated sparkler from estate-grown 50.4% Pinot Noir and 49.6% Chardonnay, including 3.8% Chardonnay from the 2016 vintage, the 2019 Brut Rose L'Ermitage offers a pretty salmon color and deeply floral bouquet of rose petal, before delving into a layered, complex world of wild strawberry and peach. Soft and supple in texture, with ample length, it should age for another 10+ years, finding even further cohesion between its imprint of fresh fruit, pastry crust, and creamy character. Dosage is 5.5 grams per liter. This will cellar for years, with a drinking window of now through 2039. (Feb 2025)"

95 points Wine Spectator: "[$115 list] A gorgeous sparkler that's flush with character yet elegant and refined, with lovely, crisp strawberry and red apple flavors laced with gingerbread, roasted nut and rose petal tones that sail on the lovely finish. Drink now through 2030. 460 cases made. (6/30/25)"

94 points Clive Pursehouse (Decanter): "Roederer bought into the Anderson Valley in 1982 before the AVA was established in 1983, and their long commitment has resulted in fundamental knowledge of the growing seasons and terroir. This wine is made with a small percentage of red Pinot Noir, with over 620 acres of vines. There's a smoky tone of blood orange and piquant notes of mint and green tea leaves. The palate shows raspberry leaf herbals with toasted almond skin and toasted pastry cream. Released in the fall of 2024, disgorged November of 2023. This wine shows more concentration and phenolics. Drinking Window: 2024-2033 (Sep 2024)"

94 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2019 Roederer Estate “l’Ermitage” Vintage Brut Rosé was disgorged in November of 2023 and finished with a dosage of 5.5 grams per liter. It is crafted from roughly a fifty-fifty split of pinot noir and chardonnay, with four percent of the chardonnay being reserve wines from the 2016 vintage. Five percent of the vins clairs were barrel-fermented this year and this is the first l’Ermitage Rosé vintage to go through full malolactic fermentation. The wine’s color is its customary pale salmon and the bouquet is bright and expressive, wafting from the glass in a mix of white cherry, nectarine, bread dough, a beautiful base of soil and a topnote of dried flowers. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, brisk and precise, with fine depth of fruit, lovely soil undertow, pinpoint bubbles and lovely balance on the long and complex finish. This is certainly approachable out of the blocks, but this bottling has such an exemplary track record for graceful aging that I would opt to tuck it away in the cellar for at least four or five years before broaching bottles in earnest, as there is more here to unlock with bottle age. 2025-2055. (Jul/Aug 2025)"