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2002 Pol Roger Brut

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December 31, 2023 - $145

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RATINGS

93The Wine Advocate

...rich, creamy and seductive. An expressive, layered wine...impresses for its overall harmony and balance. Light floral honey, mint, tangerine, cinnamon and dried pears are all woven together in this gracious, impeccable Champagne.

93Wine Spectator

Exuberant, yet graceful overall, with rich notes of ripe pineapple, guava, honey and baked peach...a minerally undertow and accents of grated ginger, biscuit and fresh quince. Mouthwatering finish. Drink through 2027. 200 cases imported.

93Vinous / IWC

(60% pinot noir and 40% chardonnay; L21932009): ...Vibrant, mineral-accented aromas of citrus fruits, quince and white flowers... Sappy, penetrating and pure...assertive Meyer lemon and pear flavors...notes of anise and ginger.

92Burghound.com

...initial hints of maturity...pretty notes of baked bread, lemon rind and green apple...excellent complexity...a very classy but aloof effort...will most please those who enjoy a certain restraint and understatement to their bubbles.

REGION

France, Champagne

Champagne is a small, beautiful wine growing region northeast of Paris whose famous name is misused a million times a day. As wine enthusiasts and all French people are well aware, only sparkling wines produced in Champagne from grapes grown in Champagne can be called Champagne. Sparkling wines produced anywhere else, including in other parts of France, must be called something besides Champagne. Champagne producers are justifiably protective of their wines and the prestige associated with true Champagne. Though the region was growing grapes and making wines in ancient times, it began specializing in sparkling wine in the 17th century, when a Benedictine monk named Dom Pierre Pérignon formulated a set guidelines to improve the quality of the local sparkling wines. Despite legends to the contrary, Dom Pérignon did not “invent” sparkling wine, but his rules about aggressive pruning, small yields and multiple pressings of the grapes were widely adopted, and by the 18th and 19th centuries Champagne had become the wine of choice in fashionable courts and palaces throughout Europe. Today there are 75,000 acres of vineyards in Champagne growing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Champagne’s official appellation system classifies villages as Grand Cru or Premier Cru, though there are also many excellent Champagnes that simply carry the regional appellation. Along with well-known international Champagne houses there are numerous so-called “producer Champagnes,” meaning wines made by families who, usually for several or more generations, have worked their own vineyards and produced Champagne only from their own grapes.