Pommery Champagne: A French Revolution
Madame Pommery stored and aged over twenty million bottles of her innovative Champagne. Many other Champagne houses later followed suit.
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We take a look into the history behind the prestigious French Champagne House and how the Pommery Brut Champagne became so popular.
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Champagne Pommery is a French Champagne house founded in Reims by Alexander Pommery and Narcisse Greno in 1858. After Alexander’s death in 1960, MadamePommery dedicated the business to Champagne production and began producing a sparkling white champagne instead of the classic, still red wine of the period.
Her innovative crisp, dry style of “brut” champagne propelled the Champagne house into unimaginable heights, becoming one of the largest Champagne brands in the region.
Following from her success Mrs Pommery built ‘The Grand Castle’ in 1868 – The estate features a 308 acre vineyard of exceptional Grand Cru sites and 18 kilometres of cellars and chalk pits where Madame Pommery stored and aged over twenty million bottles of her innovative Champagne. Many other Champagne houses later followed suit.
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Famed for being the creators of the ever popular Brut Champagne, the Pommery house still attracts more than 120,000 visitors from all around the world every year. Now owned by the Vranken company, the Pommery brand continues to maintain the house’s image of modernity and extravagance, being the only Champagne House to offer specific blends for different seasons – highlighting individual characteristics of each of their prestigious wines.
The Pommery style has perpetuated year after year; elegant but ever discreet aromas, freshness and liveliness on the palate with a long and supple finish, a light but fresh composition. Pommery is one of our most popular house Champagnes at L’Ortolan, offering a wide range of Champagne blends including the Pommery Dry Elixir which is only available at L’Ortolan in the UK.
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Celebrate Spring in style with our Seasonal Pommery Champagne offers.
Pommery Champagne Lunch
Three courses and a glass of Pommery Champagne.
£39 per person
Lunch only, must be pre-booked
Pommery Champagne Dinner
Six courses and a glass of Pommery Champagne.
£59 per person
Available Tuesday to Thursday dinner, must be pre-booked
