In the glass
Aroma: orange oil, confit lemon, golden orchard fruit, brioche, clear honey
Palate: lemon confit, dried flowers, apricot, tangerine peel, mint, sage, saline
Pol Roger's Pinot-dominant prestige cuvee honouring Churchill: orange oil and confit lemon over brioche and honey, with bright saline cutting a core of apricot, mint and sage.
What it pairs with
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Lobster
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Saline drive and citrus meet sweet shellfish. -
Roast poularde
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Brioche and honey echo roasted poultry. -
Aged Comte
Confit-lemon depth meets the nutty cheese.
History
First made from the 1975 vintage and released in 1984, this prestige cuvee was created with the consent of the Churchill family to reflect the robust, Pinot-led style Sir Winston favoured.
- 1975 — First vintage of Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill produced
- 1984 — First commercial release of the prestige cuvee
Facts
- Producer
- Champagne Pol Roger
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Stainless steel; Pinot-dominant prestige cuvee, long lees ageing
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Price
- EUR 200 to 320 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10 to 30 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1975
Scores
- Vinous 96 (2013 vintage, reviewed 2023)