A bold, bone-dry Champagne born from the collaboration between Louis Roederer and designer Philippe Starck. This Chardonnay–dominant field blend from Cumières bursts with crisp apple, golden orchard fruit, and a salty, chalky edge. Elegant yet intense, with fine bubbles and serious aging potential — Champagne for free spirits. 

Jamessuckling.com | JS 95
Published: Jul 7, 2023

The aromas remind me of old-fashioned apple varieties and mirabelles. Yes, this has the major crispness of this bone-dry category, but it also has so much depth and savory character from the lees, so that carries the acidity easily. Long, crisp and salty finish. From south-facing sites that are earl ripening in Cumieres. This is a field blend of the three main champagne grapes, but the other four varieties were recently added to the mix. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink now.

The Wine Advocate | RP 94
Published: Aug 31, 2022
Drink: 2022-2035

The most compelling rendition of this bottling that Roederer has produced to date, the 2015 Brut Nature exhibits inviting aromas of golden orchard fruit, clear honey, dried white flowers and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied, layered and vinous, with a fleshy, concentrated core of fruit, chalky structure and a long, precise finish, it's a Pinot Noir-dominant blend from Cumières that's slightly lower in pressure, making for a more delicate mousse.

Decanter | D 94
Published: May 22, 2022
Drink: 2025-2060

Incipient evolution is evident on the creamy nose where toasted polenta still has a frisson of smoky reduction. The palate is bold in its brilliance and freshness and shows remarkable structure for 2015. All is precise while a delicate line of saltiness accentuates the wine's purity and luminosity even more. All this takes place against a smooth, almost mealy backdrop and is held with vivid tension. Disgorged in January 2023.

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 17.5
Published: Nov 24, 2023
Drink: 2023-2028

Philippe Starck label. Single field-blend vineyard in Cumières.
Very complex, alluring nose. Mouth-filling mousse but not aggressively tart or dry. Confident champagne as medicine – you’ll feel healthier after drinking this bone-dry wine!

Louis-roederer.com

« The ripe, continental 2015 vintage gave us wines with magnificent concentration, incredible depth and an interesting vegetal, sappy character. »
— Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, Cellar Master

THE STORY OF AN ENCOUNTER
Conceived as an exchange and shaped by friendship, this wine is first and foremost a result of the free-thinking that came out of a meeting between Louis Roederer’s CEO Frédéric Rouzaud, his cellar master Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon and the designer Philippe Starck. Their conversations led to the creation of the very first Brut Nature in 2006 and the relationship continued to grow over the years to give us the 2009 and 2012 vintages. The Brut Nature was born from an idea of the dreamed-for, perfect champagne. It is a wine that captures the freshness of the clay soils in a sunny year, a wine of truth, the testimony to an encounter, a soil, a year, free spirits and the independent spirit that runs through the Champagne House. It is a champagne that perfectly encapsulates this new exploration of a Louis Roederer terroir.

THE SPECTACULAR 2015 VINTAGE
2015 was a continental year that blessed us with perfectly ripe grapes with intensely fruity aromas, a dense texture and remarkable concentration. It was a spectacular vintage with a hot, sunny summer, record high temperatures and a glorious end to the season with rainy spells that helped to slow the ripening. This cool end to the growing cycle resulted in juicy grapes with a particularly interesting sappy, vegetal character.

ORIGIN: “La Rivière” vineyards
CRU: Cumières
GRAPE VARIETIES: Field blend:
46% Chardonnay
37% Pinot noir
17% Meunier
WINE IN OAK: 23%
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: 0%
DOSAGE: 0g/l