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1999 Brut Pol Roger
| Grapes | Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | France, Champagne |
| ABV | 12% |
Recently tasted at Pol Roger UK's 21st birthday dinner celbration and much enjoyed. A lovely nose showing developed fruit, with buscuity and brioche notes. Very creamy and lively on the palate with great length. This is lovely but will develop very well. L&S (Oct 2011)
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The nose is consistent with the bottle tasted earlier this year, the Chardonnay really driving the bouquet forward, although there is a curious tincture of aniseed that lends another dimension and later a hint of nougat. Drink now-2025+ Rating: 92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jan 2011)
Bright yellow-gold. An exotically perfumed bouquet displays scents of dried pear, acacia honey, toasted almond, white flowers and smoky lees. Lush and creamy in texture, offering hefty citrus and orchard fruit flavors braced by tangy minerality. The honey and smoke notes linger on the spicy, focused, very long finish. This is drinking well now but has the structure and energy to age. Rating: 93 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (Nov 2010)
Pol Roger (inactive -DNU)
Champagne Pol Roger is one of the very few remaining houses still owned and run by the founding family, who remain responsible for the winemaking and selection of the cuvées each year. Originally founded in Aÿ in 1849 by Pol Roger, the firm then moved to Épernay in 1851. The First World War had a huge impact on the firm, putting any expansion plans to rest, and Prohibition in America made exports much more difficult. During the Second World War when the Germans occupied France, all production and buying of Champagne was controlled by the Wehrmacht. However, the War caused Winston Churchill to become a prominent figurehead throughout the world, and his love of Pol Roger was widely known. So much so that the House created their special Cuvée Winston Churchill in 1975.
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