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  • Country ranking ?

    818
  • Producer ranking ?

    22
  • Decanting time

    none
  • When to drink

    now
  • 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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The world’s best wine vintage – 1947?

If the wine producers from different regions were asked to name the best vintages from their winemaking history, the most would name 1947 as one of the great ones. If we then compared them together there would be most likely only one vintage that the most if not every producer had named on list – 1947. 

The vintage 1947 was a magical vintage. It remains in the history as one of the only vintages that...

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Tasting note

color

Medium, Gold and Bright

ending

Medium and Extensive

flavors

Apricot, Toasty, Mineral, Nutty and Caramel

nose

Intense, Complex, Rich and Charming

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Balanced, Developing, Medium-bodied, Rich, Ripe, Refined and Dry

Verdict

Well-rounded and Fine

Written Notes

A cuvée reserved for the UK from a small but very famous vintage. When Churchill died in 1965 this was his house wine. (He wanted the 1945 but apparently there was none left.) Disgorged in 1981.
Deep, slightly brownish pale copper colour. Dry but dense. A very exciting wine still that is long and reverberant but is just starting its slide into old age. Such a treat to taste this. 
Drink1962
–2017

  • 96p
Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is gold, and looking bright and medium. On the nose it is open, mature, complex, charming and rich. The taste is refined, rich, ripe, and dry, and average in acidity, medium-bodied, with balanced structure and developing. On the palate it is layered and has caramel, mineral, toasty, nutty and apricot flavours. The finish is long and extensive. This wine is wonderful and fine. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 1-5 years.
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  • 96p
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Origin

Epernay, Champagne

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

Glass time

20min

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Pol Roger vintage rosé

Pure

Reserve de Wermacht

Rich

Sir Winston Churchill

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