Bollinger La Grande Annee
ประเทศ (Country)
France
ขนาดบรรจุ (bottle size)
750 ml
ประเภทไวน์ (Wine Type)
Champagne
แคว้น (Wine Region)
Champagne
พันธุ์องุ่น (Grape Variety)
Blended
ปี (vintage)
2012 [**VINTAGE MAY CHANGE]
แอลกอฮอล์ (Alcohol)
12%
characteristics
บอดี้ (Body)
Full
Full
Full
แอซิดิตี้ (Acidity)
High
High
High
แทนนิน (Tannin)
Low
Low
Low
2012 [**VINTAGE MAY CHANGE]
รายละเอียดสินค้า
In 1976, Bollinger Vintage was re-named Grande Année. Then in 1997, it became La Grande Année - 'The Great Year' - a name simple enough to illustrate its exceptional status, because only truly extraordinary years become vintage at Bollinger. La Grande Année made its screen débuts two years later in James Bond's Casino Royale. This vintage is entirely fermented in oak barrel and is produced from fourteen crus: 91% Grand Cru and 9% Premier Cru. 2008 is the first vintage of La Grande Année to be bottled in the new '1846' bottle which is to replicate a small magnum. This bottle has been completely redesigned, inspired by a 19th-century bottle discovered in the Bollinger cellars which dates back to 1846. The idea in using the curved shape of the bottle is to aim for the perfect balance of a “small magnum” with a narrower neck and a wider base, to very slightly slow down the oxygen exchange and therefore give a better quality wine with longer ageing potential.
Vinification takes place exclusively in small old oak barrels (20 years old on average), maintained in Bollinger’s cooperage, of which there are almost 3,500. Riddling and disgorging are performed entirely by hand, and take place after ageing on the lees in bottles with natural corks.
wine score
96 points Wine Enthusiast
"Still young for a wine of this caliber, this rich Champagne has an immense future ahead of it. The freshness of the wine will mature into the rich toastiness that is such a hallmark of this brand. Oak fermentation and aging have added to the great promise of this fine wine. Drink from 2022."
95 points Wine Advocate
"Bollinger's 2008 La Grande Année is superb, wafting from the glass with aromas of crisp orchard fruit, ripe lemons, honeycomb, warm biscuits, dried white flowers and a delicate top note of walnuts and fino sherry. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, broad and vinous, with a beautifully refined mousse, superb concentration at the tightly wound core, incisive acids and a supremely elegant intermingling of Bollinger's oxidative stylistic signatures with fresh, vibrant fruit. The finish is long, precise and chalky. This is a Grande Année built for the cellar - the real excitement will come with a bit more bottle age - but this is already a thrilling Champagne in the making. Finished with eight grams per liter dosage, it was disgorged by hand in July 2018. This is also the first vintage of Grande Année to be bottled in Bollinger's new narrower-necked 1846 bottle, which should make for a slower evolving wine."
97 points Wine Spectator
"This goes from zero to 60 right out of the gate, with an intense spine of acidity driving tightly meshed flavors of crushed black currant, ground coffee, candied grapefruit peel and toasted almond. The profile expands on the palate, carried by the fine, raw silk–like mousse. Richly aromatic and expressive from start to lasting, spiced finish. Disgorged July 2019. Drink now through 2037.."
Profile
พันธุ์องุ่นผสม (Grape Blended)
66% Pinot Noir, 34% Chardonnay.
รสสัมผัส (Palate)
Remarkable structure and length.
สี (Colour)
Delicate blush and old gold colours.
กลิ่น (Aroma)
Exotic spices, rhubarb and stone fruit.
รสสัมผัส (Palate)
Remarkable structure and length.
จับคู่อาหาร (Wine Pairing)
:Seafood
:Fish
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