2018 Champagne Pol Roger, Rosé, Brut

Rosé • Dry • Full Bodied • Pinot Noir,Chardonnay
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Code: 20180600750008106755

Description

Almost a Syrah-like deep rosé (verging on purple) hue rather than salmon pink/orange. Plenty of drive and crispness on the palate. Lip-smacking, dark-red fruit/cherry to the fore. Distinctive, not subtle, but high-quality.
17.5/20, Andy Howard MW, jancisrobinson.com (April 2025)
  • Colour
    Rosé
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Vintage
    2018
  • Alcohol
    12.5%
  • Grape
    Pinot Noir,Chardonnay
  • Body
    Full Bodied
  • Producer
    Pol Roger

Critics reviews

Antonio Galloni
91/100

Pol Roger's 2018 Brut Rosé is an attractive wine to drink now and over the next handful of years. Crushed flowers, red cherry fruit, chalk, mint and white pepper all grace this tasty, mid-weight Rosé. The 2018 can be enjoyed as an apéritif, but it also has the substance to pair well with a variety of foods at the dinner table.

Drink 2024 - 2030

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (March 2024)
Jancis Robinson MW
17.5/20

Released elsewhere in 2023 and in the UK in 2024. 50% Pinot Noir and 35% Chardonnay from 20 premiers and grands crus on the Montagne de Reims and the Côte des Blancs. According to Laurent d'Harcourt of Pol it is tinted by 12–13% red wine from Riceys from the first time. But according to the Pol website, it contains '15% Pinot Noir from selected vineyards in Bouzy, Ambonnay and Cumières.'

Very mellow and food-friendly. Perfumed nose and flattering palate lead up to an appetising dry finish. Very gourmand.

Drink 2023 - 2032

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (March 2024)

About The Wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating and, at times, infuriating wine grape in the world. However, when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape, which grows in small, tight bunches, performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone-based subsoils. It is more susceptible than other varieties to overcropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive, and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of Burgundy's Côte d'Or.
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Champagne

In 1668, the monk Dom Pérignon is credited with discovering the traditional method of making sparkling wine - a technique now used worldwide. Yet it is only in Champagne, France’s most northerly wine region, that this method produces wines of such finesse and prestige. Today, Champagne is home to over 15,000 growers and 290 Champagne houses. The region’s cool climate often necessitates a blend of grape varieties: Chardonnay brings fruit and elegance, while Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier provide body and backbone.
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