Rich and ripe with a luxurious texture that coats the palate, the signature of an outstanding Chardonnay. The Pinot noir and Meunier grapes from the Vallée de la Marne complete the wine’s broad, luscious, smooth and juicy character. The finish is energetic and fresh.

Collection 2442 - A new chapter for Louis Roederer:

Driven by a new ambition and freedom, with the creation of Collection, we are writing the next chapter of the Louis Roederer story.

The times we live in; climate change and the importance of practising a sustainable viticulture that respects the living environment in order to fully express the qualities of the terroir, these are all factors that must be taken into account.

The finest works are often forged by constraint and adversity. Driven by a new energy, we decided to reinvent our blends, reshape our know-how and rethink our methods in order to fall into step with Nature's new tempo.

The creation of Louis Roederer Collection was therefore something they had to do.

It is an evolution in structure, form and style. The start of a new chapter in the story of our Champagne House that Louis Roederer are continuing to write with passion.

Collection is based on a selection of plots located in the heart of the Champagne region that are suited to its identity and where the emphasis is on sustainable growing practices.

The Louis Roederer team therefore carefully redefined all the plots for Collection, those on their estates and those part of their historic partnerships, to retain only those plots rooted in this "Cœur de Terroir" (heart of the Terroir): lieux-dits, exposures, lands with strong identities, usually chalk soils, those most capable of giving them the best of their fruit, vintage after vintage.

Thus freed from any imposed formula, in a single-minded pursuit of the best wine each year, Louis Roederer are placing the art of blending even more at the heart of our approach; better still, it is becoming the prime element, as their ambition  to take the quality of their multi-vintage wines to the next level.

Collection is more than just an evolution in style, it is a change of template, a velvet revolution that gives birth to this multi-vintage Collection champagne, another important milestone in Louis Roederer's quest for progress and absolute quality.

To further enhance the freshness and to balance the superb maturity of the harvested grapes, Louis Roederer have created a "Perpetual Reserve".

Started with the 2012 vintage, enriched each year with wines from the latest harvest and stored in large capacity stainless steel vats, this Perpetual Reserve brings new tasting sensations, both tactile and gustatory: the wine acquires more breadth, depth, substance and contrast; its texture is fleshier and more enveloping, adding to the overall complexity.

In parallel to this Perpetual Reserve, Louis Roederer have greatly increased the proportion of oak-aged reserve wines that goes into the blends. These reserve wines nicely balance the freshness brought by the Perpetual Reserve wine and lend the wine greater intensity.

Collection thus acquires modernity and complexity and is graced with all the virtues of a very great champagne.

Created from the Perpetual Reserve and the oak-aged reserve wines, complemented by the finest wines from the most recent harvest, Collection is tied to Louis Roederer's Champagne roots and the foundations of their Reims-based Champagne House - the freedom to create the blend on the basis of whatever Nature hands out.

Each Collection blend therefore has its own identity which will gradually and fully reveal itself over time.

Collection 242 represents the Champagne House's 242nd blend since its foundation.