Pol Roger

Vintage Champagne

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  Vintage 2002
  96 points www.tysonstelzer.com

A magnificent vintage Pol, with all the tension of the remarkable 2002 vintage on display; a wine that captures both inherent concentration and scintillating structure. The confidence of pinot noir leads here, providing sensational dimension to the Pol Roger house style of supreme refinement. Taut citrus zest, lemon sherbet and yellow plums are set with delightful juxtaposition against the depth of almost a decade in particularly cold cellars, building wonderful tension between subtle complexity and exacting purity. Minerality is pronounced, with wonderful, driving persistence of finely poised chalk texture.

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  Vintage 2002
  96 points www.winefront.com

Super fresh fruited aromas  squeeze of lime, green apples, ginger, touch of brioche but the thrust is a cavalcade of crackly, bright, floral stuff and not much yeasty funk. The palate shows more of the autolysis, but tightly kept, trimmed and tucked under a rigid crunch of grapefruity acidity and fine, granite-like mineral sternness. Reserved power escalates, but doesnt overwhelm  its a tight, crisp, shock of Champagne in the best possible way  a very pleasing assault and punch. Mid palate shows creaminess after time in open air, but still, the trail through back palate is zingy, delicate citrus again. Should cellar some too. Wonderful.