路易．侯德爾香檳廠(Louis Roederer Champagne)創立於1776年，而從1833年Louis Roederer一世繼承這個事業到現在一直由同一家族所擁有。他們是少數目前還維持家族獨立經營的知名香檳廠之一，而追求極致的品質是其不變的家族傳統。 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。
2021年起原本的Brut Premier酒款全新大改款為 Collection ，並且這款香檳還加上一個編號，宣告了Louis Roederer的歷史新篇章的開始。 Collection香檳是路易侯德爾的入門酒款，也是非常能夠體現其風格和精神的一款香檳。它是精選產自香檳精華區葡萄園的原料葡萄，從葡萄園到收成、榨汁都是經過精心挑選，以確保最卓越的品質。編號代表自 1776 年本酒廠成立以來的收成批次，讓香檳愛好者可以根據自己喜歡的酒質成熟程度來選擇香檳。Collection 242由 34 %的「永久儲備酒(註)」、10% 的 2009、2011、2013、2014、2015 和 2016 年份的橡木桶陳釀釀製酒組成，主體是 56 %的2017年收穫的最佳品質原料酒。
此酒呈現淺金黃色澤，泡沫細緻；帶有芳香怡人的香氣，像是梨子、桃子、蘋果、柑橘、糕點、烤杏仁以及些許花卉的氣味。優雅舒服的口感，香味濃郁而層次分明，新鮮的果味接續著清爽甜美而且悠長的餘味
WA:93+ Drink Date: 2021 - 2035
"Roederer's Brut Premier was created in the 1980s to prove to consumers that we could deliver consistent quality with a blend that compensated for less than perfectly ripe vintages," explains Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon. "We were blending in pursuit of maturity, of ripeness. The concept behind the Brut Collection is the opposite: we're looking for freshness—and we are embracing singularity, something we're emphasizing by enumerating each year's blend." This project has been in the making since 2012, when Lecaillon set aside 21,000 liters of wine to constitute a perpetual reserve aged in large tanks without malolactic fermentation. Sourcing has evolved too: less must is coming from cooperatives, and only vineyards cultivated without the use of herbicides inform the blend. A dedicated team oversees all this, visiting every grower three times per year. And vinification is parcel by parcel to deliver a maximum of blending components. Iteration 242 is based on the 2017 vintage (56%), supplemented by 34% reserve wines from the perpetual reserve established in 2012 and 10% foudre-aged reserve wines.
So much for the composition and concept of the new NV Brut Collection 242, but how does it taste? This debut release is very impressive indeed, wafting from the glass with notes of pear, peach, ripe citrus fruit, toasted almonds, fresh pastry and white flowers. Medium to full-bodied, pillowy and textural, it's concentrated and layered, with lively acids, an enlivening pinpoint mousse and a long, sapid finish. Brut Premier was already a very persuasive wine, but the new Brut Collection nevertheless represents a step up.
