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Best value, sparkling wine
- Value
- Crisp, full-bodied and unusually complex
- Widely available
- Not as complex as fine French Champagne
We located four highly credible professional reviews of this wine. Of the four, half tasted this wine blind. The New York Times' Eric Asimov and Wine Spectator's Tim Fish provide detailed tasting notes. Consumers posting to Wine.com agree with critics that the Roederer Estate NV Brut sparkling wine offers excellent value.
In wine reviews and ratings, Roederer Estate Brut NV is among the top sparkling wines in its price range. Although it cannot legally be called Champagne because it's made in California, this sparkling wine is almost as good as the real thing, say critics. The Roederer Estate Brut NV is said to be shot through with flavors of cherry, caramel, citrus and apple. One especially credible critic describes Roederer Estate Brut NV as rich, full-bodied and unusually complex for a $20 wine. If you are looking for a less expensive yet equally festive wine, reviews point to Gloria Ferrer Sonoma Brut NV (*est. $15), another California wine.
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1. Wine SpectatorDetails/Subscribe
In this year-end wrap-up, Fish extols the quality of American sparkling wines. He includes Roederer Estate Anderson Valley Brut NV in a paragraph about sparkling wines that offer good value. He suggests drinking this wine now or keeping it in a cellar until 2010.
Review: American Sparklers, Tim Fish, Dec. 31, 2007
McCarthy, author of Champagne for Dummies and several other titles in the "Dummies" series, suggests non-vintage, reasonably priced Bruts as well as high-end Champagnes. He considers Roederer Estate Brut NV to be the world's best sparkling wine in its price class.
Review: Sparkling Suggestions for the Holidays, Ed McCarthy, Nov. 27, 2007
3. Slate.com
In this roundup of non-vintage Champagnes, Steinberger identifies some winners, which include Roederer Brut Premier and Roederer Estate Anderson Valley Brut NV.
Review: Something New: Nonvintage Champagnes for Snobs who Prefer the Good Stuff, Mike Steinberger, Dec. 26, 2007
Editors list sparkling wines that earned 2.5 stars or more in 2007. Roederer Estate Anderson Valley Brut NV earned three stars.
Review: The Chronicle Wine Selections Stars of 2007, Editors of the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Selections, Dec. 28, 2007
Asimov and company taste 25 American sparkling wines, which are fruitier and more "crowd-pleasing" than true Champagne. Roederer Estate Brut NV, Asimov's favorite, trumped its more expensive sibling, the Roederer Estate L'Ermitage.
Review: In Champagne's Shadow, the Sun Shines, Eric Asimov, June 23, 2004
6. Wine.com
This wine e-tailer lets you sort Champagne and other sparkling wines by combined ratings in major wine publications. Roederer Estate Brut NV earns raves in a handful of user-written reviews.
Review: Roederer Estate Brut, Editors of Wine.com
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