pernay c te des blancs wine region champagne cases yr 110 000 known for cuv e sir winston churchill prestige brut vintage second ros vintage third non vintage pure brut brut r serve and rich website polroger.com pol roger in avenue de champagne pernay bottles of pol roger champagne from 1921 1928 and 1945 pol roger is a producer of champagne . the brand is still owned and run by the descendants of pol roger . located in the town of pernay in the champagne region the house annually produces around 110 000 cases of champagne . 1 contents 1 history 2 champagnes 2.1 cuv e sir winston churchill 3 references 4 external links history edit pol roger was born on 24 december 1831 the son of a lawyer . beginning as a wholesaler of wine he started his own champagne house in 1849 with the first growths released in 1853 . he received an imperial and royal warrant for the austro hungarian court . the owners of pol roger are members of the primum familiae vini . pol roger holds the current royal warrant as purveyors of champagne to queen elizabeth ii . champagnes edit the house s prestige label is the vintage cuv e sir winston churchill . churchill is quoted as saying of his favourite tipple in victory deserve it . in defeat need it they also release three non vintage cuv es the pure brut no added sugar brut r serve and rich sweet as well as three other vintage wines the brut vintage blanc de blancs and ros vintage . 1 2 pol roger brut vintage is typically a blend of 40 % chardonnay and 60 % pinot noir although this can vary . 3 cuv e sir winston churchill edit pol roger was the favourite champagne of sir winston churchill . after churchill s death in 1965 pol roger placed a black border around the labels of brut nv shipped to the united kingdom . 4 in 1984 they introduced the pinot noir dominant 4 cuv e sir winston churchill . 1 the first vintage of this cuv e the one introduced in 1984 was the 1975 only released in magnum format . it has been followed by the 1979 1982 1985 1986 1988 1990 1993 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 and 2004 vintages . 5 this cuv e is typically released around ten years after its vintage year . cuv e sir winston churchill replaced the pol roger p.r. reserve speciale at the top of the range . reserve speciale was a 50 % chardonnay and 50 % pinot noir blend from 100 % rated grand cru vineyards . first released with the 1971 vintage it continued to be produced alongside cuvee sir winston churchill until the 1988 vintage . its production was terminated as pol roger felt no need to have two competing prestige cuvees . references edit a b c k. gargett p. forrestal & c. fallis the encyclopedic atlas of wine pg 166 global book publishing 2004 isbn 1 74048 050 3 champagne pol roger . polroger.com . retrieved 2012 01 13 . pol roger . wine doctor . retrieved 2012 01 13 . a b pol roger archived july 14 2007 at the wayback machine . pol roger cuv e sir winston churchill brut millesime 1998 pdf . retrieved 2012 01 13 . external links edit media related to pol roger at wikimedia commons official website english official uk website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pol roger & oldid 711065815 categories british royal warrant holderspurveyors to the imperial and royal courtcompanies established in 1849champagne producersluxury brands1849 establishments in francehidden categories articles with wayback machine linkscommons category with page title different than on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisnederlandsnorsk bokm l svenska edit links this page was last modified on 20 march 2016 at 19 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view