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  • Country ranking ?

    1 182
  • Producer ranking ?

    51
  • Decanting time

    15min
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Seafood, Salads & Consommes

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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 m...

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Vintage 2012

The next most exceptional vintage since 2008. A truly difficult growing season saw severe frosts in the winter. March brought warmth but early budbreak made the vines vulnerable to spring frosts. Overall, the early growing season was wet, and mildew became a serious issue. However, conditions improved dramatically in the later summer months. An August heatwave resulted in a rapid accumulation of sugar, but fortunately the nights remained cool,...

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Tasting note

ending

Long, Pure and Lingering

flavors

Toasty, Creamy, Citrus and White fruits

taste

Balanced, Concentrated, Good texture, Youthful, Medium-bodied, Harmonious, Focused, Elegant and Dry

Verdict

Impressive

Written Notes

Pol Roger Blanc de Blancs 2012 – After all of the raving about the quality of Pinot Noir from the 2012 vintage, we now have this wine, made from 100% Chardonnay. Fear not, it is a brilliant wine (it always is). 7 grams dosage, the grapes are sourced from some of the finest Grand crus found in the Cote des Blancs – Oiry, Chouilly, Cramant, Avize and Oger (it doesn’t get much better). Again, full malo and hand riddling. Entrancing green/gold colour. The aromas move through hazelnut, fresh lemons, peaches, white jasmine. A combination of ripeness and richness but always balanced, always refined. This wine combines the elegance of the House with the exuberance of the vintage. Great length, it just persists. Clean, refreshing and complex. A very gentle smoked note creeps in near the finish. Vibrant acidity, intensely focused. Again, a wine with such an exciting future ahead of it. Don’t be swayed by 2012 having the reputation as a Pinot year. It might well be, but that does not mean that there are not some wonderful Chardonnay-based wines. Stunning stuff. 97.

  • 97p

This elegant Champagne is bright, with well-cut acidity married to a fine and creamy mousse and flavors of currant, toast, smoke-tinged mineral, white cherry and mandarin orange peel, followed by a fresh, lingering finish. 

  • 94p

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, minerals, fresh and fruity, elegant nose, some brioche. Fresh acidity, elegant texture and mousse, apples, fresh, bright and elegant, long. Beautiful creamy and persistent finish. 93

  • 93p
The taste is vivid, focused, elegant, refined, harmonious, silky, and dry, medium-bodied, with balanced, good texture, concentrated structure and youthful. On the palate it is layered and has toasty, creamy, white fruits and citrus flavours. The finish is long, lingering, pure and vibrant. This wine is impressive.
- (Tasting note created by Tb's AI)
  • 94p
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Origin

Epernay, Champagne

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Pure

Reserve de Wermacht

Rich

Sir Winston Churchill

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