- Colour Champagne_Sparkling
- Producer Pol Roger
- Region Champagne
- Drinking 2024 - 2035
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
2012 - Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill - 6x75cl
- Colour Champagne Sparkling
- Producer Pol Roger
- Region Champagne
- Drinking 2024 - 2035
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, March 20201
2012 certainly is a monumental champagne. Emblematic of Pol Rogers masterful precision and power, but with a lifted finesse and beautiful elegance. The fruit has great purity, but at the same time is generous and open, enticing, almost opulent so unlike the tight 2008. But beneath you see the dominant Grand Cru Pinot Noir; the swirling tightly coiled power, breadth, concentration and structure. It is all there seamlessly entwined. The palate is delicious with hints of the Chardonnay showing, white peaches, apricot, rich brioche, apple tarte tatin, Manuka honey and lightly toasted nuts. There is a mouth-watering vein of minerality with a finish of fresh lifted citrus. This has so much rom to grow and will reward those who cellar richly, however it is easy to drink now. This is a truly masterful offering and one Pol have every reason to be extremely proud of. Drink 2024-2035+
Producer
Pol Roger
Established in 1849, Champagne Pol Roger remains family-owned and proudly independent to this day. The history and spirit of the company mirrors that of the family who bear the same name: a respect for nature, a devotion to quality and a certain joie de vivre. As one of the smaller houses, Champagne Pol Roger owns 87 hectares of vineyards on prime sites in the Vallée d'Epernay and the Côte des Blancs, drawing the remainde...Read more
Established in 1849, Champagne Pol Roger remains family-owned and proudly independent to this day. The history and spirit of the company mirrors that of the family who bear the same name: a respect for nature, a devotion to quality and a certain joie de vivre. As one of the smaller houses, Champagne Pol Roger owns 87 hectares of vineyards on prime sites in the Vallée d'Epernay and the Côte des Blancs, drawing the remainder of their supplies fromindividual growers, many of whom have supplied Pol Roger for generations. Its cellars, extending to 7 km, lie on three levels in the chalk below the streets of Epernay and are among the deepest and coolest cellars in the region: contributing to the slow maturation and creation of fine, persistent bubbles which are the hallmark of all Pol Roger champagnes.Read less
Region
Champagne
Champagne, the world's greatest sparkling wine, needs little introduction - with imitations produced in virtually every country capable of growing grapes, including such unlikely candidates as India and China. The Champagne region, to the north of Paris, has the most northerly vineyards in France, with vines grown on slopes with a southerly exposure to maximise sunlight. The soil is chalky, providing an excellent balance of drainage and water retention. The key to the wine is in the cellar - the bubbles result from a second fermentation in the bottle and the rich toasty flavours in great Champagne come from extended bottle ageing on the yeasty lees. Until the eighteenth century, the wines produced in the Champagne area were light acidic white wines, with no hint of sparkle. However glass and closure technology developed at that time and it was not long before Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Hautvilliers, started experimenting with blends and produced the first recognisable champagne. In a world accustomed to still wines, the advent of champagne was almost a flop. It was saved when it became fashionable at the French court as a result of Louis XV's mistress Madame de Pompadour commenting "Champagne is the only wine that lets a woman remain beautiful after she has drunk it." And the rest is history, with famous (or infamous) champagne lovers including Casanova, Dumas, Wagner, Winston Churchill, James Bond and Coco Chanel.
