Pol Roger 'Sir Winston Churchill' Champagne 2015 no-wrapin

Pol Roger 'Sir Winston Churchill' Champagne 2015 no-wrapinThe prestige cuve from venerable Champagne House Pol Roger, 'Cuve Sir Winston Churchill' is named in honor of the former Prime Minister due to Churchill's well known obsession with these wines (Churchill loved Pol Roger so much he named one of his racehorses after the House, and Odette Pol Roger sent him a case of his preferred vintages every year on his birthday!) Principally made from Pinot Noir with the addition of Chardonnay, all sourced from

with classic notes of ripe black cherries

the rosso just wrecks Campari and Cocchi

is a great transmitter of this place

nearly cliffs

The resulting wine is sturdy

No disgorgement is done and just a touch of residual sugar

Sleek and modern

This is unusual

from a plantation of Tokaj Friulano planted in 1968 on a hill called Quintana

Old-vines Carignan Blanc forms the backbone of this wine

Domaine de L'île Rouge is names after an old nickname for the island of Madagascar

dedicated entirely to the region's fascinating mountain varieties you won't see anywhere else in Italy