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Champagne Bollinger Blanc de Noirs PN AYC18 NV Wine - Last Bottle

Champagne Bollinger Blanc de Noirs PN AYC18 NV

Experience this rare and celebrated 94 point Blanc de Noirs gem from the exceptional Grand Marque House of Bollinger!

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Flavor Profile: Plum blossoms, rose petals, toasted sourdough, cherries, raspberries, orange zest, black pepper, fresh pine needles, and a delicate chantilly cream
Disgorgement Date: January 2023
Dosage: 6.0 g/L
Farming Method: Sustainable Practices
Score: WA94, DC93, JD93+, WS93, VN92

Why We Love It...

Amazingly, Champagne Bollinger is one of the only Grand Marque Houses that’s been owned by the same family since its inception. This pristine and rare bottling – produced only four times – pulls from the Bollinger family’s favorite grape, pinot noir, coming predominantly from their top plots in Grand Cru of Aÿ and made up of a 2018 base blended meticulously with reserves dating back to 2009!

Since 1829, six generations of the Bollinger family have been producing a dry, long-lived, and toasty style of Champagne that has come to define this great house. With nearly 400 acres of vineyards spread across Champagne – almost entirely in Grand Cru and Premier Cru villages – Bollinger is unique among Champagne’s larger maisons for growing over two-thirds of all the fruit needed to make their cuvees. Pinot noir is the favored grape to lead their blends, and this AYC 18 is the penultimate expression of their top plots of pinot noir.

Most of the fruit hails from their Grand Cru plots in Aÿ – one of the most famous villages in Champagne, set in the Grande Vallée de la Marne, where pinot noir is revered for its production of powerful and sleek expressions of Champagne. All grapes were grown on the southern-facing slopes northeast of Épernay. The winemaking style of Bollinger is traditional, with a focus on barrel fermentations driving that voluptuously spiced Bollinger style. In fact, they are the last of the Grand Marques to employ a full-time cooper – a nod to the importance they place on barrel influence in their final wines. 

The juice at Bollinger is always fermented in oak, with some of their nearly 4,000 barrels over 100 years old! Extended contact with the lees in barrel adds texture and weight, ensuring the bottled wine carries with it that signature Bollinger style. Then, after over six years aging on the lees in bottle, this profound and opulent bubbly is finished with the lowest possible Brut dosage. A new disgorgement, completed in January of last year, recently landed here in the USA, and I can’t stress this enough – this is a collectible and showstopping bottling for any Champagne aficionado to cherish! Opening aromas of plum blossoms and rose petals, followed by toasty and rich bread dough sensations pull you into the glass, followed tautly wound flavors of cherries and raspberries, with hints of orange zest, black pepper, fresh pine needles, and a delicate chantilly cream. This is heady, precise, and opulent stuff – a Bond-worthy bottling of Bollinger if ever there was one!

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Technical Details

Country: France
Region: Champagne
Appellation: Champagne
Vineyard: Mostly from the Aÿ Cru, it also has fruit from Tauxières and Verzenay
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Blend: 100% Pinot Noir
Farming Method: Sustainable Practices
Alcohol: 12.5%
Pair it with: Duck breast with orange sauce

About the Producer

Champagne Bollinger, founded in 1829 in Aÿ, France, is one of the most renowned and prestigious Champagne houses. Known for its commitment to traditional methods and high standards, Bollinger specializes in producing Pinot Noir-dominant Champagnes that emphasize richness, depth, and complexity. The house owns over 180 hectares of vineyards, primarily in Grand Cru and Premier Cru villages, ensuring exceptional quality through estate-grown grapes. Bollinger employs time-honored techniques such as fermenting base wines in oak barrels and aging on lees for extended periods, which contribute to its signature toasty, full-bodied style. Iconic labels like Bollinger Special Cuvée and the vintage La Grande Année are celebrated globally, with Bollinger famously serving as the Champagne of choice for the British royal family and the James Bond films.

Champagne Bollinger Blanc de Noirs PN AYC18 NV

$129
$175

Retail

26

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