1998 Pol Roger, Cuvée Winston Churchill

The 1998 vintage shows all the hallmarks of an outstanding year with high natural sugar content in the grapes and an excellent level of acidity indicating an exceptional overall balance and long ageing potential. The champagne is overt and generous with hints of fresh butter and nuts. The initial freshness tends to give way to a more powerful range of deeper aromas such as liquorice, wood and leather and reveals  great complexity. Given its youth, it still holds a lot in reserve but it has a masculine structure and phenomenal length. Ideal as an accompaniment to roasted game and manages to balance itself between force and finesse, presence and delicacy.