Sir Winston Churchill

Specification

Producer

Pol Roger

Region

Champagne

Where

Épernay, Champagne

Classification

Prestige cuvée

Grapes

Pinot Noir, Chardonnay

Vintage

1998

Case

1 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

POLROG981X75

About this wine

Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill is Pol Roger's prestige Champagne, first made with the 1975 vintage in tribute to the house's most famous admirer. Produced only in exceptional years, it is a Pinot Noir-led blend with Chardonnay, the exact proportions never disclosed. It is full, powerful and long-lived, and benefits from many years of further ageing.

About Pol Roger

Pol Roger is a family-owned Champagne house in Épernay, founded in 1849 by Pol Roger and still run by his descendants. Its deep, cold chalk cellars beneath the Avenue de Champagne allow a slow second fermentation, and riddling is still done by hand.

The house is known for a fine, persistent mousse and a style balanced between Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Its long friendship with Sir Winston Churchill, a devoted customer, led to the prestige cuvée named after him. Pol Roger's vintage wines are widely collected for their reliability and ability to age.