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• Score: 94 Points

  The Tasting Panel Author: Anthony Dias Blue
  Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012

  "Light salmon pink; crisp and pure, focused, elegant and silky with lovely acidity and classic style."

• Wine Review Online Author: Ed McCarthy
  Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012

  "Pol-Roger has been making particularly fine ross lately, lively, brimming with fruit. The 2002 quietly explodes in your mouth, a wine with depth and tremendous length. And I cant wait to try its 2002 Sir Winston Churchill, its prestige cuve!"

• Score: 92 Points

  Wine Spectator Author: Alison Napjus
  Date: Saturday, December 31, 2011

  "A floral rose, with a smoky undercurrent to subtle flavors of ripe plum, blackberry and black cherry. Mouthwatering acidity and fine texture steer this to the focused finish."

• Houston Chronicle Author: Dale Robertson
  Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2011

  "Add fizz to your festivities with panel's top choices in sparklers"
  "Bubbles! It's the season, and we have a superb lineup of recommendations for you."
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  Grade: 9.2 out of 10 points

• Score: 94 Points

  Wine Enthusiast Author: Roger Voss
  Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011

  "From the great 2002 vintage, this is a beautiful structured wine, packed with a fine texture of red berries, intense acidity as well as richness. Intense, complex wine that could well age."

  Grade: Cellar Selection
• Decanter Author: Tom Stevenson
  Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011

  "I had great difficulty tasting this: every time I went to spit it out, I swallowed it! It was so moreish, I couldnt help myself. Exquisite pale peach colour, sublime mousse, tantalising fruit, so yummy yet so classy how on earth do they do that? The 2002 is a ros of extraordinary finesse."

  Grade: 5 Stars/ 19.5 out of 20 points

• Score: 94 Points

  International Wine Cellar Author: Josh Raynolds
  Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011

  "(50% pinot noir, 35% chardonnay and 15% pinot noir that was vinified as red wine and blended into this wine before the second fermentation): Bright, orange-tinged pink. A complex bouquet displays redcurrant, cherry pit, Asian spices and smoky minerals. Deeply concentrated but almost shockingly energetic flavors of redcurrant, bitter cherry, allspice and candied licorice. Finishes juicy and very long, with a bright mineral note adding to the impression of nerve and focus. Lots of people claim that rose Champagne doesn't age well but I'll bet that this one will."

• Wall Street Journal Author: Jay McInerney
  Date: Friday, September 30, 2011

  "Of their new releases, the youngest vintage is the 2002 ros, a beautiful, vinous bubbly that has great body and complexity."

  Grade: "Pol Roger, the Connoisseurs Champagne"

• Score: 95 Points

  The Tasting Panel Author: Unlisted
  Date: Saturday, January 1, 2011

  "Pale pink; soft berry nose; fresh and racy with enticing raspberry and citrus; juicy and pure with elegance, restraint and style; fine mousse; lovely and classic.

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• About.com Author: Stacy Slinkard
  Date: Monday, December 27, 2010

  "The 2002 Pol Brut Rose presents a stunning rendition of the Pinot Noir grape in all of its bubbly fanfare! Bright aromas of red raspberries and alpine strawberries make their rounds, with delicate floral aromatics playing in the background. On the palate expect more fresh red berry fruit, followed up by a stint of stone fruit and grounded minerality. Balance, elegance and complex character make this a top Champagne for New Year's anniversaries, and big birthdays!"

• The Wine Advocate Author: Antonio Galloni
  Date: Friday, December 24, 2010

  "The 2002 Brut Rose Extra Cuvee de Reserve is a gorgeous wine, even if it is a bit buttoned up at this stage. Layers of well-delineated aromatics emerge over time, melding seamlessly into a chiseled, precise core of fruit. This shows quite a bit of depth and richness, all while maintaining superb freshness and clarity. Though delicious today, I imagine this will be a highly rewarding bottle to follow over the next decade or so. This is an absolutely exquisite Champagne from Pol Roger. The Rose Extra Cuvee de Reserve is 35% Chardonnay and 65% Pinot Noir, of which 15% is still Pinot, with full malolactic fermentation."

  Grade: 93+

• Score: 94 Points

  Wine & Spirits Author: Joshua Greene
  Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2010

  " More vintages like 2002, please... especially if they give us wines like this rose, a quiet, persistent, thrillingly precise pinot noir with fruit that manages to be vivid and supple, a color that hints at fresh apricot and a scent that shifts from apricot to fresh red berries. The fruit presence submerges into the delicate fortitude of the tannin, reemergin with bass notes of wildflowers and high notes of rose. this has plenty of power in reserve if you choose to age it, and enough substance to pour with prawns in a mildly spicy Vietnamese green curry."

• Score: 92 Points

  International Wine Cellar Author: Stephan Tanzer
  Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2010

  "Light, bright pink. Bright, expressive aromas of red currant, wild strawberry, white flowers and Asian spices, with a chalky undertone. Deeper cherry, licorice and subtle smoky qualities join the nervy red fruits on the velvety palate. Puts on weight with air, finishing with solid grip and lingering smoke and floral notes. This could still use some bottle age but there's enough complexity for guilt-free drinking now."

• Score: 90 Points

  Wine Spectator Author: Bruce Sanderson
  Date: Monday, November 15, 2010

  "Light and juicy with ripe raspberry, blackberry and kirsch notes mixing with hints of spice and lemon peel. Shows good intensity in a more delicate package, with a floral finish."

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