Rose Extra Cuvee de Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared duck breast, wild salmon, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Pol Roger's Vintage Rosé is a masterclass in elegance and structure, born from the house's steadfast refusal to produce a non-vintage rosé. This cuvée is crafted only in exceptional years, blending the house's signature vintage Brut assembly of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with approximately 15% of still red Pinot Noir sourced from the prestigious Grand Crus of the Montagne de Reims, such as Ambonnay and Bouzy. The wine undergoes its secondary fermentation and extensive aging in Pol Roger's legendary deep chalk cellars in Épernay, lying 30 meters below ground at a constant, icy 9 degrees Celsius. This exceptionally cool environment slows the fermentation process, yielding an incredibly fine, persistent mousse and a complex bouquet of red berries, citrus, and warm brioche. Each bottle is still hand-riddled by a dedicated team of remueurs, preserving a historic artisanal craftsmanship that has defined the house since 1849.
🍾 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
Approximately 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12.5%