This is a fabulous showing from the 2005

as well as the forward

this will require plenty of cellar time before it’s completely ready

rich and totally seductive in mouth

pure kirsch

Pol Roger, Sir Winston Churchill Vintage:2009 This is a fabulous showingPale yellow gold. Deep, pungent nose offers an array of orchard and citrus fruit qualities, along with notes of iodine, minerals and toasty lees. Chewy and impressively concentrated, with excellent clarity to its pear and orange flavors. The toasty quality gains strength with air and carries through an impressively long, spicy, floral finish. Very impressive, especially for a release from what is widely considered a so so vintage for Champagne. Josh