Prince William Royal Wedding
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, roasted chicken, triple-cream cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Pol Roger has enjoyed a long and illustrious relationship with the British Royal Family, holding a Royal Warrant since the reign of Queen Victoria. This deep-seated connection was celebrated globally when Pol Roger's signature Brut Réserve NV was selected as the exclusive Champagne for the wedding reception of Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Buckingham Palace on April 29, 2011. Known affectionately as the 'White Foil', this classic cuvée represents the house style of equal parts Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardonnay. The grapes are sourced from some of the finest crus across the Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne, and Côte des Blancs. After traditional cool fermentation and a meticulous blending process, the wine undergoes secondary fermentation and is aged deep in the house's cold chalk cellars in Épernay, resulting in a Champagne of exceptional balance, fine mousse, and a complex nose of pear, brioche, and subtle spices.
🍾 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
Pinot Noir 33%, Pinot Meunier 33%, Chardonnay 33%
🍷 ABV
12.5%