Recently arrived from Pol Roger’s cellars. Disgorged in 2013. The was simply magnificent. There was a saline seaspray note along with heady orchard fruits and a suggestion of marmalade. It has plenty of spice and brioche. It was full and textural, with wonderful shape and volume. It had such great acid drive and a finish that was chalky and so long. There’s still a light prickle from remaining bubbles.
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A private tasting and dinner (Champagne Pol Roger, Épernay, France): Tasted blind. From the house reserves, recorked and topped up every 10-15 years. Mature but lively colour, very gentle mousse; mature but fresh nose, still some red berries left, smoky and beautifully harmonious and relaxed and flowing, very gentle bitters, no sense of fatigue at all, long and poised, very subtle, crème patissière, red apple, perfect in itself. A mind-blowing, earth-shattering experience. No words of mine can do justice to it. We guessed 1985...
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4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Recently arrived from Pol Roger’s cellars. Disgorged in 2013. The was simply magnificent. There was a saline seaspray note along with heady orchard fruits and a suggestion of marmalade. It has plenty of spice and brioche. It was full and textural, with wonderful shape and volume. It had such great acid drive and a finish that was chalky and so long. There’s still a light prickle from remaining bubbles.
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11/25/2019 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 Points
A private tasting and dinner (Champagne Pol Roger, Épernay, France): Tasted blind. From the house reserves, recorked and topped up every 10-15 years. Mature but lively colour, very gentle mousse; mature but fresh nose, still some red berries left, smoky and beautifully harmonious and relaxed and flowing, very gentle bitters, no sense of fatigue at all, long and poised, very subtle, crème patissière, red apple, perfect in itself. A mind-blowing, earth-shattering experience. No words of mine can do justice to it. We guessed 1985...
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