The Singapour – July 2024

Back label of Louis Roederer 244

Come for the classic champagne, stay for the Swedish Rondo that tastes like buttery Chardonnay. It's all in a normal month of wine tasting in Singapore.

The back label photographed above is of Louis Roederer Collection 244, the fourth of their numbered releases (although the debut, Collection 241, was released only in magnum size and above, not in regular bottle). These days, more and more back labels are full of useful information but very few of them get posted online, presumably because the front label brings more swagger to social media posts.

As you can see, the Roederer label is...