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Pol Roger: The Three Varieties and Dosage
This is a Champagne house based in Épernay. They produce a Brut Réserve blending Pinot Noir, Meunier, and Chardonnay in equal parts, as well as a Pure without dosage.
List the similarities between Brut Réserve and Pure, and organize the additional information you’d like to confirm for comparing the effect of dosage.
Questions for this course
If Pure is made without dosage, does that mean no blending either?
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France / Champagne / Épernay
Aliases & spellings: Pol Roger / Pol Roger
Update date: 2026-09-24
Combining the three varieties in equal amounts
Brut Réserve is described as made from equal parts Pinot Noir, Meunier, and Chardonnay. The condition of ‘equal parts’ refers only to the grape varieties, not to vineyards or vintages.
Puur also uses three varieties.
Puur also uses three varieties in equal parts. Its feature of no dosage does not mean no blending of base wines or no fermentation. Blending and the addition of sugar for finishing are separate steps.
Even with common points, it does not necessarily mean the base wine is the same.
Even when two labels share the same blend ratio, the vineyard plots, years, and ageing conditions may differ—this cannot be determined from that information alone. Do not attribute all detected differences during tastings solely to dosage.
What to align and what to compare.
Brut Réserve
- Conditions to standardize
- Pol Roger
- Conditions for comparison.
- All three varieties in equal proportions
- Additional points to confirm
- Proportion related to grape varieties
Puur
- Conditions to standardize
- Pol Roger
- Conditions for comparison.
- All three varieties in equal proportions / no dosage
- Additional points to confirm
- Blending and finishing are separate processes
Comparisons
- Conditions to standardize
- Pol Roger
- Conditions for comparison.
- Blend ratio is common
- Additional points to confirm
- The base wine is not necessarily all the same
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Pol Roger Document Analysis: The Three Varieties and Dosage
Compare the stated conditions in the documentation. Numbers specifying vintages should be treated as information for that specific year.
This summarizes materials published by producers, regional groups, and importers. Each source includes the publisher and the date the material was checked.
| Comparison items | What can be determined from the materials | Ability to distinguish by reading |
|---|---|---|
| Brut Réserve | All three varieties in equal proportions | Proportion related to grape varieties |
| Puur | All three varieties in equal proportions / no dosage | Blending and finishing are separate processes |
| Comparisons | Blend ratio is common | The base wine is not necessarily all the same |
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What is divided into three equal parts?
Check what is being described as equal quantities.
Does puur blend base wines?
Whether dosage is added and whether blending is used are separate factors.
Can the difference in taste be explained only by sugar addition?
Distinguish between similarities and unconfirmed conditions. The only similarity of using three varieties in equal parts does not mean the base wine was split into two for finishing. Other possibilities remain, such as differences in plot, harvest year, and maturation, so cross-check with technical materials first.
Basis and sources for the exercise
Practice exercises in comparison
Please explain differences in raw materials and winemaking by reading the table and sources.
Read examples of organizing comparisons
| Conditions for Comparison | Comparison items | What can be determined from the materials | Ability to distinguish by reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brut Réserve | All three varieties in equal proportions | Proportion related to grape varieties | |
| Puur | All three varieties in equal proportions / no dosage | Blending and finishing are separate processes | |
| Comparisons | Blend ratio is common | The base wine is not necessarily all the same |
Sources of materials used for comparison are listed in the text and exercises.
Explain in your own words
Please list the similarities between Brut Réserve and Pure, and write what additional information you’d like to confirm when comparing the impact of dosage.
Check after writing
- Did you specify the label, vintage, and scope of materials to be compared?
- Did you distinguish and explain the three items in the table?
- Did you separate verified facts from points to check further with additional references or tasting?
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