Pol Roger Reserve Brut Champagne (375ml)

The 2002 Champagne Cuvée De Reserve Brut pours a bright yellow hue and offers up a gorgeous and complete bouquet on the nose, with aromas of brioche, almond pastry, fresh peaches, and candied grapefruit. The palate is more assertive and structured, with a linear and powerful feel, and it’s packed with intensity, offering notes of grapefruit pith, a refined and rounded mousse, and a long, persistent mineral drive. It still feels very young and is going to age well over the next couple of decades. Disgorged March of 2013. (Jeb Dunnuck, December 2024)

Pol Roger's 2018 vintage is showing many of the fine facets of the year upon release already, open and giving in style with roasted pear, ripe apricot and grapefruit skin, lightly creamy and developing richness in pecan and brown pastry. The Pinot Noir leads, relatively structured for the year while showing hints of the smoke and spice to come with further age. A wine that flows with some of the ease and charm of 2018, but that promises a fairly early – if rewarding – unfolding in bottle. (Decanter, March 2024)

The latest rendition of Pol Roger’s NV Brut Réserve is based on the 2021 vintage and includes 30% reserve wines from the 2020, 2019 and 2018 vintages. Disgorged in October 2024 with a dosage of eight grams per liter, the wine bursts from the glass with an expressive bouquet of crisp pear, orange zest, ripe peach and delicate pastry notes. On the palate, it is medium- to full-bodied, with a vibrant core of fruit and admirable balance, despite what might sound like a relatively generous dosage. It is infused with bright acidity and culminates in a persistent, saline finish. Composed in equal parts of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, this cuvée is immediately appealing upon release yet possesses the structure to reward several years of cellaring, revealing the charm of a finely matured Champagne. (Wine Advocate, July 2025)