Pol Roger · Épernay

29 September 2025 · Experience report

Where tradition
finds a new rhythm.

The first stop of the 2025 Champagne journey: new cellar technology, an unchanged house style and three memorable vintage wines.

Mate Hajdu with the Pol Roger tasting line-up
The Pol Roger tasting line-up
PlaceÉpernayHostThe Pol Roger teamHighlightSir Winston Churchill 2018

I always arrive at Pol Roger with a particular sense of anticipation. This time, we also explored the new production facilities: modern precision had not overwritten the maison’s understated elegance, but given a new framework to the patient philosophy I also look for in the wines.

Three wines, three horizons in time

The tasting revealed the house’s full arc. The energy of the newly released Rosé Vintage 2019, the depth of Sir Winston Churchill 2018 and the mature complexity of the Brut Vintage 2004 Vinothèque showed, side by side, how Pol Roger builds for the long term.

  • Rosé Vintage 2019 · energy and fine structure
  • Sir Winston Churchill 2018 · depth, elegance and a long future
  • Brut Vintage 2004 Vinothèque · maturity, complexity and poise
Here, Pol Roger felt both timeless and contemporary: technology may change, but the rhythm of the house does not.

It was a perfect opening to the journey — a maison where tradition is not scenery, but a philosophy carried forward with consistency.

Photos and text: Mate HajduOriginal Instagram post