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  • Weather

    3° C Light rain
  • Time

    15:10 PM
  • Wine average?

    94 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    190
  • Region Ranking?

    9
  • Popularity ranking?

    18

News

Hubert de Billy, Champagne Pol Roger, appointed as the new President of PRIMUM FAMILIAE VINI

Hubert de Billy's message:
"Twenty-five years ago, my family was invited to join Primum Familiae Vini (PFV) which Robert Drouhin and Miguel Torres had created from scratch one year before.
It was - and still is - a great honour to have been welcomed by this great association and to take part in this amazing adventure.
It is my duty and my pleasur...

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History

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 Englis...

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Vineyards

Viticulture

The company owns some 89 hectares (220 acres) of vineyards on prime sites in the Montagne de Reims, the Côte des Blancs, and in the Vallée de la Marne. The remainder of its supplies cornes from individual growers, many of whom have supplied Pol Roger for generations. Pol Roger's vineyard is managed by "viticulture raisonnée" following the standard of production established by the Comité Interprofessionnel des Vins de Champagne. ...

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Winemaking

Pol Roger owns close to 50% of the vineyards used for their Champagne production, a true rarity in this region of large firms. Using strict guidelines, grapes are sourced exclusively from 1er and Grand Cru vineyards that rate at an average of 95 points on the Échelle des Crus classification system. (In each vintage, the Échelle des Crus system, or ladder of growths, operates on a percentile basis to fix grape prices of each cru, or delimited v...

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11 different wines with 124 vintages

Winemaking since 1849

  • Sir Winston Churchill

    In victory, deserve it ; in defeat, need it
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