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Pol Roger twitter tasting

Becky Sue — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:39:59 +0000

This week, #PalatePress participated in the #Pol Roger twitter tasting. We tasted four: NV Reserve Brut “white foil,’ NV “Pure” Brut (non-dosage), Blanc de Blancs Brut vintage 1999, Brut Rose vintage 2002. (From Frederick Wildman, I should add.)
The house style is pretty light and crisp, which is why I was surprised to find that both now and historically, UK is their top market. Yet, this is also a very American style – that’s how I think of “light and crisp.” The style is consistent, throughout the range of wines we tasted this week.
Pol Roger is a house with its own long history: family-owned since it was founded in 1849.
And the only major house to continue hand-riddling.
Also, they use only indigenous yeast, according to Pol Roger’s Laurent d’Harcourt.
The next day invited a couple friends for “leftovers” – that was fun, too.

Where the heck is Beck?

Becky Sue — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:59:15 +0000

For the past month or two I’ve been deep in my own version of the sparkling wine world, finishing a draft of a new book on the global history of champagne and sparkling wine.
More later…

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