2008 Pol Roger Brut Vintage - 6x75cl
19A8POLR6PK _ 2008 - Pol Roger Brut Vintage - 6x75cl
  • Colour Champagne_Sparkling
  • Producer Pol Roger
  • Region Champagne
  • Drinking 2015 - 2030
  • Case size 6x75cl
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2008 - Pol Roger Brut Vintage - 6x75cl

  • Colour Champagne Sparkling
  • Producer Pol Roger
  • Region Champagne
  • Drinking 2015 - 2030
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £499.24 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £83.20 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £400.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, February 2017

    One of the most exciting vintage releases of the past year, the Pol Roger 2008 is a brilliant wine. This is what vintage Champagne is all about. Its aromas are fresh in their youth, but complex: spring flowers, buttery brioche, toasted hazelnuts. The patisserie notes marry with the gorgeous orchard fruit character on the palate, which holds its frame with the delicacy and strength of a prima ballerina. 2008 has the potential to rank as a legendary vintage for Pol Roger.

  • Antonio Galloni, July 2017, Score: 90

    Pol Roger's 2008 Brut Vintage is bright and energetic, but also tightly wound and not fully expressive today. There is good energy to the orchard fruit and citrus driven flavors, not to mention plenty of acid-driven persistence. I would prefer to cellar the 2008 for at least a year or two to see what happens. Drink 2020-2028

  • Jancis Robinson, January 2017, Score: 18

    Really quite broad and ripe on the nose with mildly floral notes and a hint of putty. Really very dramatic! Even a hint of marzipan. Creamy texture with a little bruised apple acidity. Admirably long. Really exciting. Is this a worthy successor to the 2002? Drink 2017-2030

  • Jancis Robinson, March 2017, Score: 18

    Lots here. All fired up on all cylinders with fireworks on the palate. Not the driest, but very substantial with minerals and stones dominating. Great zest and length. Drink 2017-2027

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.

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