1985 Pol Roger Brut Vintage
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From jeroboam. Deep copper. Not much fizz! Very old savoury Churchillian white burgundy. Definitely past its peak. Would have been made in this jeroboam but they needed a corkscrew to extract the cork. Pretty big and lovely with food. Finishes just a little suddenly. Slightly brutal. Very small yield. Very dense. But no poetry. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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Disgorged 30 Oct 92. Greenish gold. Some sweetness and florality. A completely different style to the more savoury 1988. Fine and dense – very flirtatious mousse. More delicate than the 1988. Could be drunk as an aperitif. Very small, frost-reduced crop. (JR)
(jeroboam)Quite deep gold. On the nose this is going into a mushroom phases. Lovely deep, dense, truffly nose. Very comforting as well as being neat and classy. Particularly satin-smooth texture. Long, dancing wine that is still beautifully lively. This could be drunk with food or as an exceptionally luxurious aperitif. Mind you, this sample was in a big bottle. Disgorged 9 December, 1991 (JR)
About the producer
Pol Roger is one of Champagne’s most respected Grandes Marques. While it is best known undoubtedly for its prestige cuvée Sir Winston Churchill, it also produces one of the finest non-vintage bottlings on the market.