路易．侯德爾香檳 (Louis Roederer Champagne)創立於1776年，從1833年Louis Roederer一世到現在一直由同一家族所擁有，是極少數目前還維持家族獨立經營的知名香檳廠，而追求極致的品質是其不變的家族傳統。 在十九世紀中期路易．侯德爾已成為頂尖的世界性品牌。俄國沙皇亞力山大二世(Tsar Alexander II)指定路易．侯德爾為其御用酒商；在1876年更在沙皇的要求下，釀製出全世界第一款頂級香檳「水晶香檳(Cristal)」。
路易．侯德爾旗下目前擁有214公頃的葡萄園，其產量能夠提供自家釀酒所需的七成左右，這在香檳區相同規模的酒廠來說是非常難得的。此外，費心地使用長期熟成的葡萄酒做為在調整口味時使用的Liqueur wine是路易．侯德爾在釀製上的一大特點，在在顯示出他們傾注心力只為追求最高品質的堅持。無論是哪個香檳專家或是專門書籍所列出的香檳龍頭品牌，路易．侯德爾一定都名列其上，是香檳鑑賞家們絕對不會錯過的珍品。
是在橡木桶個月以上讓些許烤麵包等氣味，表現得非常豐富多層次。口感芳香飽滿，相當強勁有力，好的陳年潛力。適飲期可以到2030年左右。
WA: 98 Drink Date: 2025 - 2060
I've revisited Roederer's 2013 Cristal four times since I reviewed it in April of this year—including several times from my own cellar—and I had to admit that even my lavish praise didn't do it full justice. Combining the cool-vintage cut of 2008 with the more completely mature fruit of 2012, the 2013 Cristal might well be said to represent the perfect combination of the two from a purist's perspective. The wine unwinds in the glass with notes of crisp orchard fruit, white flowers, almond paste and citrus oil, followed by a medium to full-bodied, seamless and multidimensional palate that's intense but weightless, with racy acids, a pinpoint mousse and a long, penetrating finish. Drink the 2008 Cristal on its own, and you're unlikely—to put it mildly—to have any complaints; but compare it directly with the 2013 and you'll see Roederer's rapid progress in the vineyards writ large.
