Cuvee de Reserve Vinotheque Blanc de Blancs
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted turbot with butter sauce, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano
✨ Technical Specifications
The Cuvée de Réserve Vinothèque Blanc de Blancs represents the absolute pinnacle of Pol Roger's library releases. Sourced exclusively from the prestigious Grand Cru villages of the Côte des Blancs—including Cramant, Avize, Oger, Chouilly, and Oiry—this 100% Chardonnay Champagne undergoes an exceptionally long maturation on its lees in the house's legendary, cold chalk cellars, situated 30 meters below Épernay. The 'Vinothèque' designation denotes a late-disgorged vintage cuvée, kept in the cellars for over a decade before release. This extended contact with the yeast, combined with Pol Roger's traditional hand-riddling and cool fermentation, yields a Champagne of breathtaking complexity, balancing vibrant citrus and chalky minerality with rich notes of toasted brioche, hazelnut, and candied lemon peel.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1849 by Pol Roger in Aÿ before establishing its historic cellars along Épernay's Avenue de Champagne in 1851, Champagne Pol Roger remains one of the preeminent family-owned Grandes Marques. The house oversees approximately 92 hectares of sustainably farmed estate vineyards across the Côte des Blancs, Montagne de Reims, and Vallée de la Marne, rooted in quintessential Campanian chalk and limestone soils. Pol Roger is renowned for vinifying exclusively in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats with systematic double débourbage à froid and full malolactic conversion, preserving pristine varietal fruit and crisp structure. Aging takes place in deep, chalk-carved cellars reaching depths of 33 meters, where prolonged cool secondary fermentation produces exceptionally fine perlage, complemented by traditional hand-riddling. Celebrated for its historic British connection and royal warrants, the maison's portfolio is anchored by the balanced Brut Réserve NV and reaches its apotheosis in the robust, Pinot Noir-dominated prestige Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill, alongside its library Vinothèque releases.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay 100%
🍷 ABV
12.5%