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Wine Description
The Story
Pol Roger recently celebrated its 150th anniversary and is perhaps best known as Winston Churchill's favourite Champagne. Established in 1849, Champagne Pol Roger remains family-owned and proudly independent to this day. Pol Roger, the 1831 born founder of the house, had lived in the Grand Cru village of Aÿ his whole childhood. The whole family supported the enterprise of their son. From early on Pol Roger focused in exports, and the English market was the most important one from the beginning. The commercial success of the company had its roots in the business model where they produced other champagne brands in the Pol Roger facilities. Pol Roger is one of the few remaining family owned Grande Marque champagne businesses.
This 100% Chardonnay is sourced exclusively from vineyards Grand Cru vineyards of Cramant, Les Mesnil, Oger, Avize and Oiry in the Côte des Blancs.
Vinification: The must undergoes two débourbages (settlings), one at the press house immediately after pressing and the second, a débourbage à froid, in stainless steel tanks at 6°C over a 24 hour period. A slow cool fermentation with the temperature kept under 18°C takes place in stainless steel with each variety and each village kept separate. The wine undergoes a full malolactic-fermentation prior to final blending. Secondary fermentation takes place in bottle at 9°C in the deepest Pol Roger cellars (33 metres below street level) where the wine is kept until it undergoes remuage (riddling) by hand, a rarity in Champagne nowadays. The very fine and persistent mousse for which Pol Roger is renowned owes much to these deep, cool and damp cellars.
Wine Information
1959 Blancs de Blanc Champagne Pol Roger (Champagne)
At Pol Roger the year 1959 was notable for quite exceptional conditions. The budding was excellent, the flowering took place over an extended period but was problem free. Healthy, well-formed bunches were able to profit throughout the summer from long hours of sunshine. The harvest started on 10th of September under ideal conditions. The 1959 was a wealthy vintage of the highest standard, rich, lively and much-renowed, an exceptional year in the history of Champagne, which was hailed at the time as the finest vintage since 1893. Very fine quality wines, with hope from the outset of above-average longevity: a year which compensated fully for three successive fallow years between 1956-1958.
A very honeyed, rich, full-bodied and perfectly balanced wine. Surprising energy and tight fruitiness complemented well this elegant wine, so soft and silky on the palate. A grand wine that still has a long future ahead!
