Pol Roger's glorious vintage champagne

1999 Pol Roger, Vintage Brut, Champagne, France (from about £45, Berry Bros & Rudd, Majestic, selected Oddbins, Wine Society, and many others).

The annual champagne tasting held at the the Banqueting House in Whitehall last week was a very popular event indeed no surprise there.

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My favourite producers always come up trumps Billecart-Salmon, Bollinger, Dumangin, Gosset, Alfred Gratien, Henriot, Jacquesson, Larmandier Bernier, Louis Roederer and a few others all looked pristine and splendid in their livery, but when it comes to value for money this wine, from the great house of Pol Roger, was the winner by a very strong margin.

For the same price as a bottle of some other peoples' non-vintage offerings comes this simply delicious and eminently gluggable vintage wine. At ten years old it is drinking perfectly and there is every facet of elegance, finesse and distinction that you might expect.

If you shop around then you might be able to find it for less than 40 quid this is one glorious and affordable luxury that you simply must not live without.

Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year

Matthew Jukes has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006.

He has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website.

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.