THE PRODUCER
The last twenty years have seen continual investment in upgrading or adding to
the production facilities, of the Pol Roger house in Champagne, allowing the
house to take control over every different parcel of fruit from every vineyard.
Currently, owned vineyards total 90ha and make up over 50% of the needs of the
house’s production, the rest coming from excellent growers mostly in the Marne
with whom the family have long standing relationships.

Pol Roger’s raw material is second to none and allows for the largest proportion
of any house in the production of vintage wines compared to non-vintage. The NV
is consistently outstanding, while the rose and blanc de blancs are always
vintage wines alongside the (much better than standard) vintage wine. The
prestige Cuvee “Sir Winston Churchill” stands among the finest in Champagne.

THE WINE
The traditional house vintage blend is 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay from 20
Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards in the Cote des Blancs and Montagne de
Reims. Full malolactic fermentation takes place to soften the mouthfeel, and the
wine spends several years ageing in bottle on the lees in the house’s deep
cellars.

Only produced in limited quantities, the Vintage cuvee strikes a very good
balance between freshness and liveliness, and the bready richness contributed by
the autolytic ageing on lees.

INFORMATION
Type:Sparkling
Vintage:2015Country:FranceRegion:ChampagneSub Region:VintageGrape:60% Pinot Noir
& 40% ChardonnayStyle:Complex and TraditionalSweetness:DryABV:12.5%Drinking
window:2021 - 2041Size:750mlFood match:Shellfish, Crab and Lobster


CRITICS SCORES
We choose our wines based on a range of criteria(seehow we choose our wines)of
which critic scores is justone. Rather than simply highlight the best score to
promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided
by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do
not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more
weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores
like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a92/100average critic score or
better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a
high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we
offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the
market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and
representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide
to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add
individual critic scores to our website in the future.