& 2008 pol roger — 7 years ago
Watching football and drinking champs with KFC. Bereche is the bomb. I love opening it and waiting and hour or two to drink it, to let it balance out. I like to wait on all champagnes especially Bereche. After getting some air, you get such a nice mix of tart and sweet, like hard candy (Green apple jolly ranchers?), but you get the sophistication of a traditional 3 grape blend with a decent amount of reserve, plus some funkiness from all the naturalness of the process that they use to make it. It is a really smart wine that offers something for everyone without sacrificing anything or making compromises. I like this a lot more than a 9, but I have to save some digits for the Emidio Pepe '85s or the Pol Roger Winston Churchill '88s of the world. If you look at my scores, you see a lot of 9s but that's because I rarely write about wine I don't like. I don't want to be one of those yelpers who only bitch, especially when I know how much sacrifice goes into making great wine. I want to celebrate the Bereches of the world who go that extra mile to touch greatness, even though wine economics resist it. — 9 years ago
Stunning. — 8 years ago
Fabulous!! — 9 years ago
Lite sötare. — 10 years ago
Full creamy pear flavour with so much depth. — 7 years ago
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📝 I say a rather heavy presence of banana but still a lovely refreshing drop
⏩ 🍾 Mrs E got Pol Roger Reserve NV
📍 Jacques Saumaize Pouilly-Fuisse Les Vieilles Vignes 2015
🏵 89 points but on a summers day 90-91 potentially
🍇 Chardonnay
🍷 Clear golden yellow
👃 Sweet banana driven tropical fruits through soft apple & citrus w/ a subtle minerality
👄 Med body of rich smooth buttery sweet banana & tropical honeyed fruits w/ a green apple kick & touch of dry minerals
🎯 Long sweet banana, green apple & light tropical fruit coating w/ a light dry mineral backbone & kiwi fruit kick
— 7 years ago
clarity, va. floral nose, apple fruit, crisp finish — 8 years ago
Sant Pau, Sant Pol — 9 years ago
Seen this wine have even more stella reviews than my 9.5... It's irrepressible length and intensity can't be ignored, but it's quite oxidative in its style and will no doubt find its doubters. None the less its darn impressive with fruit from Grand cru vineyards and was disgorged mid 2015 — 9 years ago
Anniversary bubbles! V yums. — 10 years ago
John Willison
Lemon curd, brioche, sweet acidity. — 5 years ago