
- Colour Champagne_Sparkling
- Region Champagne
- Grape Pinot Noir / Chardonnay / Pinot Meunier
- Drinking 2017 - 2027
- Case size 1x75cl
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2007 - Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Francaises Blanc De Noir - 1x75cl
- Colour Champagne Sparkling
- Region Champagne
- Grape Pinot Noir / Chardonnay / Pinot Meunier
- Drinking 2017 - 2027
- Case size 1x75cl
- Available Now
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Jancis Robinson, AUGUST 2017, Score: 19
Disgorged June 2017. To be released at the end of 2017 and embargoed until November 2017. Dosage 8 g/l. All Aÿ Pinot Noir. Until 2004 Bollinger had a clos in Bouzy but phylloxera got it – so now they just have the two in Aÿ, which yield about 2,500 bottles. Deep honey copper colour. Rich, creamy and full of pleasure. Rich nose yet lift on the palate. Utterly hedonistic.
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Champagne
Champagne, the world's greatest sparkling wine, needs little introduction - with imitations produced in virtually every country capable of growing grapes, including such unlikely candidates as India and China. The Champagne region, to the north of Paris, has the most northerly vineyards in France, with vines grown on slopes with a southerly exposure to maximise sunlight. The soil is chalky, providing an excellent balance of drainage and water retention. The key to the wine is in the cellar - the bubbles result from a second fermentation in the bottle and the rich toasty flavours in great Champagne come from extended bottle ageing on the yeasty lees. Until the eighteenth century, the wines produced in the Champagne area were light acidic white wines, with no hint of sparkle. However glass and closure technology developed at that time and it was not long before Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Hautvilliers, started experimenting with blends and produced the first recognisable champagne. In a world accustomed to still wines, the advent of champagne was almost a flop. It was saved when it became fashionable at the French court as a result of Louis XV's mistress Madame de Pompadour commenting "Champagne is the only wine that lets a woman remain beautiful after she has drunk it." And the rest is history, with famous (or infamous) champagne lovers including Casanova, Dumas, Wagner, Winston Churchill, James Bond and Coco Chanel.