PolRogerVintage

This classic blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay comes form Grand Cru and Premier Cru sites across the Montagne de Reims and Côte de Blancs. Aged on lees for 5.5 years, this traditionally crafted Champagne opens with attractive aromas of lemon peel and freshly baked madeleines. After some time in glass, more savoury earth aromas â€?such as roasted hazelnuts and marmalade â€?will arise, revealing the complexity of this 2016 Pol Roger.

94/100 â€?The 2016 Brut Vintage reveals a complex, gourmand bouquet with aromas of ripe orchard fruits, nectarine, pastry, nuts, sweet spices and ripe white fruits, signs of a warm vintage. Full-bodied, broad and vinous with a fleshy core of fruit, it’s rich and elegant with a penetrating, saline finish. It will drink at its peak in five to 10 years. â€?Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate

17/20 â€?Very tight, dense nose with some honey and orange notes on the palate. Already very drinkable with the acidity not especially noticeable, although presumably it will gain in aromatic complexity with bottle age. I found it less than enthralling when I first tasted it and gave it a score of 16.5 but when I was served a glass blind from my re-stoppered bottle a few days later, I was impressed. So is the lesson, don’t rush your pleasures? â€?Jancis Robinson MW

95/100 â€?A very elegant and silky vintage Champagne with a seamless harmony of candied citrus fruit, sushi ginger and dried cherry character with racy acidity and delicate minerality at the long, straight and refined finish. You don’t even think about how much or little dosage this has. Drink or hold. â€?Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com