In the glass
Aroma: oak, toasted coconut, ripe apple, dried apricot, mandarin, lime
Palate: bone dry, liquorice, aniseed, tropical fruit, very long finish
Recently disgorged La Grande Annee held far longer on lees: oak and toasted coconut over dried apricot and mandarin, bone-dry yet fruit-packed with a very long finish.
What it pairs with
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Aged Comte
Oak and toast meet the cheese's nutty crystals. -
Roast turbot
Bone-dry length and citrus frame fine white fish. -
Guinea fowl with morels
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Tropical depth and aniseed echo mushroom and roast.
History
Bollinger introduced R.D. (recemment degorge, recently disgorged) in 1967 with the 1952 vintage, releasing a Grande Annee kept on lees far longer and disgorged just before sale.
- 1967 — R.D. concept launched with the 1952 vintage
Facts
- Producer
- Champagne Bollinger
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Barrel-fermented; recently disgorged after extra-long lees ageing
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 200 to 320 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10 to 35 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1967
Scores
- Vinous 94 (2002 vintage, reviewed 2018)