NV Special Cuvée, Bollinger
(12x37.5cl)
| Product Code: | 716006NV |
| Description: | NV Special Cuvée, Bollinger |
| Case Size: | 12x37.5cl |
| Producer: | Bollinger |
| Region: | Champagne |
| Country: | France |
| Alc. By Vol.: | 12 |
Other Vintages
| NV Special Cuvée, Bollinger |
| NV Special Cuvée, Bollinger |
Grape Varieties
| 60% | Pinot Noir |
| 25% | Chardonnay |
| 15% | Pinot Meunier |
Food Matching Note:
Best enjoyed on its own as a digestif or dessert, however also fantastic with dishes such as these: steamed fish fillets with scallion-ginger oil, grilled asparagus with saffron aioli.
Tasting Note:
A mellow gold-amber colour and ripe, generous peach, honey, fig, toasty, biscuity layers indicate this French bubbly is wonderfully mature. Ample and enjoyable, it shows great balance and a long finish.
Vinification Note:
Special Cuvée is the quintessential expression of the Bollinger style. On average, 80% of the grapes come from Premiers and Grands Crus in Champagne. To ensure the consistency and continuity of the style, Bollinger adds to the blend a maximum of 10% of Reserve wines, which have been kept in magnum. The blend consists on average of 60% pinot noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% pinot meunier, harvested from 30 different villages in Champagne. Special Cuvée matures for a minimum of three years in Bollinger's cellars prior to release. The House of Bollinger owns 144 hectares in the finest crus in the heart of the Champagne region. These vineyards provide 70 percent of the House's grape needs and accord its wines consistency, along with a very specific character.
Detailed Vinification Note:
Special Cuvée is the quintessential expression of the Bollinger style. On average, 80% of the grapes come from Premiers and Grands Crus in Champagne. To ensure the consistency and continuity of the style, Bollinger adds to the blend a maximum of 10% of Reserve wines, which have been kept in magnum. The blend consists on average of 60% pinot noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% pinot meunier, harvested from 30 different villages in Champagne. Special Cuvée matures for a minimum of three years in Bollinger's cellars prior to release. The House of Bollinger owns 144 hectares in the finest crus in the heart of the Champagne region. These vineyards provide 70 percent of the House's grape needs and accord its wines consistency, along with a very specific character. Champagne is a blended wine, blended not only from red and white grapes but also from different vineyard areas. It is this blending that gives the wines their balance, their richness, and their aptitude for ageing. The pinot noir grape the foundation of the Bollinger style - is cultivated in Aÿ, Bouzy, Louvois, Tauxieres and Verzenay; the Chardonnay is grown in Bisseuil, Cuis, Mancy, Grauves and Cramant; and the pinot meunier in Champvoisy. Bollinger's assemblages, that is, blends, are produced with grapes from an average of 25 to 30 crus from the Department of the Marne, of which a minimum of 24 are classed growths, 10 grands and 14 premiers crus. But not content to rest simply on its demands for the finest grapes, the House of Bollinger uses only the cuvee - that is, the first pressing of each vintage - and sells off the tailles, the second pressing. The House of Bollinger has remained fully committed to preserving and, indeed, expanding its viticultural domaine to guarantee, from one year to the next, the consistency of the Bollinger style it's vinosity, complexity and depth.