In the glass
Aroma: sea breeze, oyster shell, iodine, gunpowder smoke, hazelnut, orange citrus
Palate: peach, mirabelle plum, fine vanilla, fresh cep, medium-bodied
Bollinger's barrel-fermented vintage cuvee: a marine nose of sea breeze, oyster shell and gunpowder smoke over hazelnut, with orchard fruit and fine vanilla on a savoury palate.
What it pairs with
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Lobster
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Marine, iodine notes meet sweet shellfish. -
Roast pheasant
Smoky, savoury depth frames game birds. -
Comte aged 36 months
Hazelnut and vanilla echo the cheese's depth.
History
Bollinger's prestige vintage wine, fully fermented in old oak casks, takes its name from the great years it is made in; the 1921 is regarded as an early benchmark.
- 1921 — Early benchmark vintage of the barrel-fermented prestige wine
- 1967 — La Grande Annee name standardised for the vintage cuvee
Facts
- Producer
- Champagne Bollinger
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Entirely barrel-fermented in old oak; long lees ageing under cork
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 110 to 160 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 30 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1921
Scores
- Vinous 95 (2014 vintage, reviewed 2023)