Buried treasure: the story of a century-old Champagne stash

Pol Roger’s new cellar master Damien Cambres was delighted by the discovery.

But even more excited was outgoing cellar master Dominique Petit, who had dreamed of finding this buried stash of Pol Roger since he joined the house in 1999.

Fifth generation of the Pol Roger family, Hubert de Billy, expressed his mixed feelings about the find. “We are very proud, but it was a dream, a story that the family like to tell, and now it is a fact,” he told db.

The wines were carefully removed, and sealed with wax.