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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.2 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 197 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ove_stammrud on 3/17/2024: Servert blindt; dype sjøaromaer, smørblomst, hvit pepper, ristet brød og moden rød frukt, med hint av eplekompott. Selv om den viser en god del utvikling, virker den likevel ung og vital. Den er opulent i munnen med en kremet tekstur, og bak aromaene av bakt sitron og sjø, er det en livlig og detaljert mousse. Klassisk champagne av høy kvalitet. (469 views) | | | Tasted by sooper65 on 12/23/2023 & rated 95 points: Wow, tasted like a 10 year old, zippy and so alive. Vibrant mousse, clean fruit, with some richness.
Many years from old age. Effortless. (787 views) | | | Tasted by VAGenius on 6/17/2023 & rated 92 points: Nose of toasted almonds. Palate delivers toast point, nuts, yeast, and stone fruits over a very light mousse. Prickly texture on the finish with light lemon meringue. stones, and lime peel. Very good wine - my notes aren't very detailed on this one. (1366 views) | | | Tasted by Bottlesofburgundy on 3/24/2023 & rated 91 points: Delicious, with nuances of honey. Drinking perfectly now and will not improve. (1529 views) | | | Tasted by Kirk Grant on 3/8/2023: This is in a lovely spot...there's a richness on the nose with scents of fresh baguette, butterscotch, and weirdly cuties or tangerine. The palate is rich and expansive with notes of custard, kumquat, candied ginger, & baked apple. This is making me realize that I need to be buying these to stash away for some time. Outstanding!! (1659 views) | | | Tasted by blanquito on 3/7/2023 & rated 93 points: My 5th or 6th bottle of this, and it is still singing. The bottle last night was fresher than some 02s, with lots of zippy lime and ginger. Lovely depth, dry without austerity, at point. As it warmed, it showed a little bruised apple and the fizz didn't last too long in the stem, so this seems like one for drinking now/soon despite how reductive and fresh this bottle showed out of the gate. (1503 views) | | | Tasted by Marcus Vin Rouge on 2/19/2023 & rated 94 points: Great window. A lot of matured aromas but acidity still there creating a nice balance. (1324 views) | | | Tasted by Thinkper on 12/31/2022 & rated 97 points: Golden color, wonderful on the nose and still fresh. Brioche and pear and some yellow plum. Perhaps hazelnut? Amazing after 20 years. To me, in a perfect spot right now. (1059 views) | | | Tasted by AURUM on 7/28/2022 & rated 90 points: Not as smooth as expected. Golden colour, citrus and brioch. Very lively mousse, a lot of citrus, missing some fruit and elegance. Had expected more. (1502 views) | | | Tasted by Marcus Vin Rouge on 6/29/2022 & rated 95 points: Excellent now but will manage another 5 years. (1391 views) | | | Tasted by thewiz on 4/22/2022 & rated 94 points: (Disgorged in spring of 2012, 100% Chardonnay from Oiry, Chouilly, Cramant, Avize and Oger, dosage 9 gr/L)
Lovely yellow colour with extremely fine bubbles slowly rising to the surface releasing an explosion on the nose showing freshly baked bread, candied lemon and minerals and opens up with butter and lovely hazelnuts on the delicious nose. Smoothing an intense citrus acidity combined with a touch of fresh grass on the mid and finishing off with smooth oakiness, candied lemons and a nice zest bitterness and leaving a saltiness on the lips in a very pleasant way. This is still very fresh and should get with a very pleasant intensity and should keep well for many years to come..
(Best 2017-2032) (1734 views) | | | Tasted by Sorrowless on 11/24/2021 & rated 93 points: Excellent champagne. Red and yellow apple, bread and nuts. Nice acidity and long aftertaste. (2301 views) | | | Tasted by Argrath on 10/29/2021 & rated 93 points: (Blind tasting)
Medium-fullish nose. Minerally and balanced. Oyster shell and yellow apple. Nutty and citrus-fresh. Quite elegant and deep.
Lovely palate. Fullish and austere. Very good concentration. Toasty. Orange peel and coffe. Almost tropical fruit. Tertiary spice hints. Long finish.
Stood its ground vs Krug and 2002 Cristal, this wine has certainly benefitted from cellaring. Much, much better than in its youth. (1965 views) | | | Tasted by Samgorant on 9/2/2021 & rated 92 points: Taste of yellow fruit apple and grapefruit and bread. Very good. (2119 views) | | | Tasted by Goldstone on 6/23/2021 & rated 93 points: Lemon gold. Brief mousse but frivolous beads of microscopic bubbles. Nose is light, lifted, lemony. Palate is very adolescent Epsom salts exploding in your mouth the crushed oyster shells, ozone, white chalk, salty finish. Very good and a great bottle. (1573 views) | | | Tasted by Mike G on 5/15/2021 & rated 93 points: Lovely aged, vintage champagne. Pale, mid-gold colour, lots of fine and persistent bubbles. A great bouquet of mineral, yeast/ bread, and fruit (yellow fruits — pear, apple — and candied citrus — lime). Unexpected depth and energy on the palette for close to 20 years of age; yellow fruits, saline, excellent roundness, balance and steely structure followed by a long, elegant finish — outstanding wine. Drink now, but I would say could go for another decade. Paired perfectly with charcoal grilled seafood pasta. (2354 views) | | | Tasted by Butty on 3/13/2021 & rated 95 points: Mid gold in the glass. Very lively fine bead.
Lemon, minerals, vanilla, sea breeze and savoury biscuit on the nose all very nicely integrated - quite complex. Very textured with tension and nerve.
A lovely mousse with good mouth weight and a pleasant spike. Very persistent So much better than the regular cuvee and the Whinny (which has fallen apart in my view).
Drinking beautifully - fully mature not going to get better - drink now! (2421 views) | | | Tasted by Goldstone on 2/13/2021 & rated 91 points: Chú Xī (除夕) Dinner at Home for Chinese New Year (Our House, Hong Kong): Served as a brief aperitif then held back for after dinner. Drank in white wine glasses over 2 hours. Very light yellow/silver gold colour. Has the vitality of mousse and bubbles to accommodate the larger glass. Despite being a 20 year-old Blanc de Blancs, this still shows impressive youth of oyster shell, ozone, crisp acidity, citrus lemon and lots of zestiness on both the nose and the palate. The one indication of maturing is the the typical Pol Roger ‘Epsom Salts’ primary signature is slowly giving away to a more lightly toasted brown bread character. This has at least 10’years ahead of it in this stellar vintage. Pleased to have a case and a half still in my cellar. It is weird to me that this is no more expensive than the Ruinart Blanc de Blancs NV we drank earlier in the day. Love it! (2508 views) | | | Tasted by dafmd on 11/26/2020 & rated 94 points: Nice fine mousse; light golden yellow; medium bodied, fresh citrus, nutty finish; gains yeast dinner roll on nose; paired nicely with entire Thanksgiving meal (2302 views) | | | Tasted by hajoha on 10/14/2020 & rated 91 points: Pol Roger BdB 2002.
Perfekt mousse, god balanse.
Overraskende ung.
Fresh og fin med flere fine år foran seg. 91p (2665 views) | | | Tasted by thewiz on 5/22/2020 & rated 94 points: (Disgorged in 2012, 100% Chardonnay from Oiry, Chouilly, Cramant, Avize and Oger, dosage 9 gr/l)
Still a youthful yellow colour with a greenish shimmering that lead way for the lovely maturing nose showing hazelnuts, butter and yellow apples. Fresh citrus acidity at first and then showing rounder notes on the mid before the lovely lime zest bitterness and butter note takes over on the lengthy finish. Wow, what an excellent showing tonight, and still showing so much youthfulness, will this stay fresh forever?
(Best 2022-2042) (3137 views) | | | Tasted by blanquito on 4/18/2020: I enjoyed this Pol Roger last night. It’s in a great spot, probably at peak. I got the first nuances of 'aged' bubbly, to go with great freshness and body. The dosage might be a bit more evident than prior bottles, perhaps that is the norm for mature champagne? At any rate, I liked it a lot and look forward to trying part 2 of it tomorrow... ok, this is even better today, the fruit and dosage are better integrated. Bright, deep, balanced, bubbly you serve to traditionalists. 92-93 pts. (3406 views) | | | Tasted by dbg on 2/3/2020: Wanted a BdB to go with blinis, creme fraiche and caviar and this was a great match. Consistent with past bottles. Cellared since release, perfect cork and fill. Medium yellow. Toasted bread, almond, baked apple nose in just the right proportions for a pleasant complexity without excessive oxidative nature, at least for my palate. Medium body, good balance, flavors follow the nose, medium finish. Drinking well now and should continue to do so for the next few years at least. Excellent. (3195 views) | | | Tasted by asparagus on 11/28/2019 & rated 93 points: Wow. Light golden hue, a fantastic bead. But such cut and precision married to lovely ripe white fruits, some hazelnuts and the slightest hint of toffee. Amazing now but should get better.. (2813 views) | | | Tasted by hajoha on 11/17/2019 & rated 91 points: Pol Roger Blanc de Blancs 2002.
Elegant og fresh.
Langt mer ungdommelig enn vanlig vintage fra 02 smakingen i september.
Rund i frukten med nydelig friskhet.
Særdeles elegant og drikker bra nå, men kan også lagres videre.
Presis i utgangen med pen mineralitet. 91p (2893 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, May/Jun 2016, Issue #63, The Bi-Annual Champagne Report Summer 2016
(Pol Roger “Blanc de Blancs” Brut Millésime (Épernay)) Login and sign up and see review text. | The World of Fine Wine, September 2014, Issue #45
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View From the Cellar, May/Jun 2014, Issue #51, The Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report: Augmented This Year By a Week on The Ground in Champagne
(Pol Roger Blanc de Blanc Brut Millésime) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
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The WINEFRONT (7/20/2013)
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JancisRobinson.com (11/21/2012)
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ChampagneGuide.net
(Pol Roger Vintage Brut Blanc de Blancs) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (10/20/2013)
(Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Blancs) Light lemon yellow color with abundant, steady, tiny bubbles; autolytic, hazelnut, toasted almond nose; tasty, creamy textured, autolytic, hazelnut, toasted almond, almond cream palate; medium-plus finish 93 points | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (9/30/2013)
(Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Blancs) Light yellow color with abundant, speedy, tiny bubbles; yeasty, lemon cream, almond nose; tasty, poised, almond, lemon cream, lemon marmalade palate; medium-plus finish 93 points |
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| Pol Roger Producer website
Pol Roger is one of the few remaining family-owned grande marque Champagne houses. Their grande marque status was guaranteed at the turn of the century when about 20 producers banded together
to establish exacting quality controls for Champagne. The annual production at Pol Roger - less than 120,000 cases - is found in the best restaurants of France, England, and the USA, and is exported to
over 30 countries. Pol Roger also was the Champagne of choice of British dignitary Sir Winston Churchill, who once said of Champagne, "...In victory I deserve it, and in defeat I need it!".Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comChampagne Le Champagne (Le comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne) | Grandes Marques & Maisons de Champagne (Union des Maisons de Champagne)
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Sub-Region:
Champagne - The French region of Champagne (including the cities of Rheims, Épernay, and Aÿ) was the first region in the world to make sparkling wine in any quantity. Today, the name of the region is synonymous with the finest of all sparkling wines, and wine-making traditions of Champagne have become role models for sparkling wine producers, worldwide. Surprisingly, the region of Champagne is now responsible for only one bottle in 12 of all sparkling wine produced. Styles of champagne range in sweetness ranging from an extra brut or brut 0, to the basic brut to demi sec to doux; some houses produce single vintage champagnes and others produce non-vintage (or incorporate wines/grapes of multiple vintages), often to preserve a specific taste; combinations of grape varietals; and colors, including a rosé. There are several sub-appellations, including the Valley of the Marnes river running from Épernay west, Massif de Saint-Thierry north and west of Rheims, Valley of the Ardre, the Mountains of Rheims (between Rheims and Épernay), Côte des Blancs, Côte de Sézanne, and Côte des Bar in the South. Champagne wine only uses three grape varietals (cépages): Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier.ChampagneThe vineyards of Champagne on weinlagen-info |
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