Bollinger Champagne (W18)

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Item Code: #w18

Availability: In stock

Price: USA $448.75

USA $448.75

€380.99

£328.49

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Bollinger is a French Champagne house, a producer of sparkling wines from the Champagne region. They produce several labels of Champagne under the Bollinger name, including the vintage Vieilles Vignes Françaises, Grande Année and R.D. as well as the non-vintage Special Cuvée. Wikipedia

Founded: February 6, 1829, Ay, Aÿ-Champagne, France

Headquarters: Ay, Aÿ-Champagne, France

Wine region: Ay, Marne

Appellation: Champagne (wine region)

Varietals: Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier

Founders: Joseph Jacob Bollinger, Athanase de Villermont, PaulLevieux Renaudin.

Bollinger is the preferred Champagne of James Bond and the British royal family and we have to agree with them. In our opinion, the house of Bollinger is one of the top 5 Champagne houses around.

For a party or celebration, we recommend the Bollinger Special Cuvee. It is wonderful as an apertif or with a meal.

Is Bollinger good Champagne?

The gentleman’s choice for Champagne. Even though British secret service agent James Bond has chosen other Champagnes in the past, presently Bollinger is the 007 go-to bubbly. Produced with a blend made primarily of Pinot Noir, Bollinger Champagne is well-known for its full-bodied style and complexity.

What percentage alcohol is Bollinger?

36 messes en Boutella. My name is Bollinger.
Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut.

Appearance	Bollinger Special Cuvée has a clean, royal, golden colour with greyish tinges.
Parker’s Score	91
Enterwine’s Score	92
Media rating	92
Percentage of variety	Pinot Noir 60%, Chardonnay 25%, Pinot Meunier 15%.

Is Taittinger or Bollinger better?

While Taittinger is elegant and dances on the palate, Bollinger tends to be richer and more powerful. … Because they both produce consistently top-quality wine, your preference for either Taittinger or Bollinger will come down to personal taste, vintage, label quality, and how long you plan on storing your bottles.

Bollinger Brut Special Cuvee Rose With Price

Special Bollinger Champagne Cuvee is the result of the delicate blending between harvest grapes and a majority of reserve wines, including some, aged in magnums for more than 15 years in Bollinger’s cellars.

The blend is 60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier, with over 85% Grands and Premiers Crus.

This cuvee is cellar aged for more than twice the time required by the Appellation.

TASTING NOTES

To the eye: A golden color, distinctive of black grape varieties. Very fine bubbles

To the nose: A beautiful aromatic complexity. Ripe fruit and spicy aromas. Hints of roasted apples, apple compote and peaches

To the palate: A subtle combination of structure, length and vivacity. Bubbles like velvet. Pear, brioche and spicy aromas, notes of fresh walnut