Bollinger Special Cuvee Non Vintage Champagne | 75 cl

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silky bubbles rise releasing flavours of apple, pear, fresh bread or brioche and spicy aromas with notes of crushed walnuts. And if that wasn't luxurious enough, the wine is then aged for double the legal requirement, so expect nothing less than excellence in every sip. James Suckling: Looking the part with a keenly struck trade-off between freshness and complexity, there's plenty of pinot-derived red fruit on the nose, as well as biscuity, mellow, sweet spices and fragrance.

The nose has aromatic complexity with ripe fruit and a spicy aroma, with hints of cooked apple, apple Charlotte and peaches. The house charter states that 70% of grape supply must always come from the firm’s own vineyards, defining the standards of excellence that are synonymous with the Bollinger name.The complexity and richness of Special Cuvée is unparalleled among the entry non-vintage blends of every Champagne house, short of ascending to the mesosphere of Krug. PN VZ16 is the second interpretation in a new series that will be released every year, always with a focus on one of Bollinger’s Pinot Noir crus. Shortly after the 2018 harvest, Bollinger Chef de Cave Gilles Descôtes declared that "2017 was the worst harvest of my life and 2018 is the best".

Special Cuvée is the result of the delicate blending between harvest grapes and a majority of reserve wines, including some, aged in magnums for more than 15 years in Bollinger's cellars.Bollinger has land-owning roots in the Champagne region dating as far back as the 16 th century although the house as we know it today was officially established only in 1829, by Paul Renaudin and Jacques Bollinger. A proportion of the wine (approximately 15%) underwent its first fermentation in oak barrels, adding further complexity, and around 50% of the non-vintage blend is made up of reserve wines, a higher-than-average proportion, that contributes to the consistency and depth of flavours of this Champagne. A powerful yet elegant, bone dry champagne with a high proportion of Pinot Noir giving a wonderfully biscuity nose, and flavours of citrus, nuts, figs and spice.