This is the third in line of the Grandes Marques, led by the founder's heirs. Pol Roger, descendant of a notary family, started his own business in Epernay in 1849. At the age of 19, he produced Champagne for third parties and his Maison was only born in 1900, when his sons Maurice and Georges honoured their father modifying their surname into Pol Roger (they even needed a presidential decree) and they started to produce Champagne under that name.