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  • Country ranking ?

    700
  • Producer ranking ?

    15
  • Decanting time

    No
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Seafood, Salads & Consommes

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The Story

The relationship between Champagne Pol Roger and Sir Winston Churchill dates back to a providential meeting at a luncheon given by the British Ambassador to France some months after the liberation of Paris at which was served the sumptuous 1928 vintage of Pol Roger. Attending the lunch was the beautiful Odette Pol-Roger as well as the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, with whom she struck up an instant rapport. A friendship was born which co...

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Churchill and Champagne

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born in 1874, in the same year as Pol Roger’s first vintage champagne. This wine was to make Pol Roger famous on the English market. Equally, Winston Churchill was to grow into a statesman of the highest rank. In addition to having been selected as the most significant person in British history, he was also awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. This multi-talented man was a skil...

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Vintage 1988

CHAMPAGNE: From this year, the most classic and refined champagnes were producedChampagnes are long-lived and mature slowly to their peak.

Winter and spring were fairly mild. Inflorescences began in good weather in June. Already during the next month, the cloud masses swarmed to the Champagne province. Finally, the sky broke right before harvest. The harvest remained smaller than in the previous year. Even though the weather was unstable,...

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We gathered at Eugene’s, recommended dining for those of you in the area, and started off with a delicious magnum of 1988 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill, which was in a great spot. Toasty and smoky with vanilla and white chocolate aromas, the ’88 was smooth yet long, tasty and balanced. There were great earth flavors and spritz along with some caramel sex appeal in this delightful magnum
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Golden as a Beerenauslese from Mosel in the color! 88th has

always been a real slow starter with perfect balance

and wonderful but shy flavors. Today, massive and

multifaceted youthful dominance dominates. In ten

years, this fruityness, along with the high acidity, will

bring Winston to extreme heights. Exemplary acidity!

Decantation is recommended for the impatient lover

of this classic cuvée.

 

GASTRONOY Terrine of red wine-boiled oxe brisket

filled with grilled & marinated duck liver. Served with

tomato & vanilla marmalade, roasted coffee cream,

baked apples, reduced verjus, endive and shizo

herbs.

 

IN THE SPEAKER OF 1988 Sam Brown 'Stop'.

 

HISTORICAL EVENT Stefan Edberg, Sweden wins the

Wimbledon Tournament final and becomes the first

Swedish singles champion in the tournament since

Björn Borg in 1980.

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Origin

Epernay, Champagne

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Pure

Reserve de Wermacht

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