Cristal Roederer 2002 Pork Still intensely backward

Still intensely backward

The 2000 is a lavishly concentrated effort offering aromas of sweet blackberry jam intermixed with acacia flowers

And it is this balance that guarantees juiciness

Ornellaia has been through some significant changes over the past several years

Cristal Roederer 2002 Pork Still intensely backwardTasted from the original 2009 disgorgement, the 2002 Cristal is a broad, vinous wine, bursting with aromas of honeyed yellow orchard fruit, warm butter, brioche and fresh peaches. On the palate, it's full bodied, textural and mouthfilling, rendering the fine boned chalky structure and textural finesse that distinguish this quintessentially elegant style of this cuve in a broader shouldered, more enveloping register. The 2002 is beginning to enter its