Extraordinary! If it is indeed an exception, 2003 is the perfect embodiment of it.

It was a vintage of extremes, alternating between drought and bitter cold. This heatwave year also saw the highest temperature ever recorded in Champagne: 42°C in August! These unusual conditions led to a very rapid and complete ripening of remarkably healthy grapes with high sugar concentrations. The grapes were harvested as early as 21 August: you have to go as far back as 1893 or 1822 to find any records of such an early ripening ...

A snapshot of a year, this Rosé comes from 35 small staggered plots on the warm terroirs of Cumières planted with Pinot noir, and the cooler limestone soils of Chouilly, where the Chardonnay grows. From these contrasting soils of Domaine Louis Roederer in the Vallée de la Marne (also known as the Vignoble de la Rivière) comes an original rosé, always produced as a vintage champagne. The cellar master has a special destiny in store for it, something unique in Champagne, a long, gentle infusion of the Pinot noir that will enable him to draw out its juicy, ripe character while preserving its tremendous saline freshness.

Aged for at least four years in the cellars, this is a graceful, intense and fresh Rosé Champagne unlike any other.

A baroque vintage, from a year that set many weather records, this 2003 Rosé has retained an astonishing and welcome freshness.

Dynamic and intense, it has lost none of its superb quality and still nurtures the fullness of its fruit with a confident power. A perfect champagne for pairing with food, it will both surprise and delight you.

Our champagnes undergo an extended period of ageing to allow them to gently evolve and mature, gaining in structure and depth, whilst developing highly nuanced aromas over the years.

You may enjoy them in the purity and chalky freshness of their youth or, if you appreciate more mature champagnes, wait a few more years or even decades for their candied, spicy notes to emerge. Our champagnes have a long future ahead of them and their destiny is in your hands!