Food & Wine’s senior wine critic Ray Isle included Champagne Bollinger La Grand Année 2015 in his latest article, “The Best High-End Champagne for When You Really Want to Treat Yourself.” He notes:
“The latest vintage of Champagne Bollinger’s tête du cuvée was released this Spring, and while the challenging 2015 Champagne vintage wasn’t greeted with unanimous excitement throughout the region, this particular wine is profoundly impressive. It’s toasty and rich, mixing orchard-fruit flavors (peach, nectarine) with red fruit and blood orange hints. A slight increase in Grand Année’s usual amount of Chardonnay, from 30% to 40%, adds some necessary linearity and precision in this warm year.”
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Champagne Bollinger La Grande Année 2015
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La Grande Année is crafted only in exceptional vintages, made from the finest Grand and Premier Cru grapes. Vinified exclusively in small, old oak barrels using a rare artisanal tradition preserved by Bollinger’s master cooper, this method elevates each vintage’s character with remarkable finesse. After an extended period of lees ageing under natural cork, every bottle is still riddled and disgorged entirely by hand. A jewel of the Maison, La Grande Année is a pure expression of Bollinger’s excellence and a testament to the enduring Art of Craftsmanship.
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Bollinger is one of the rare Grande Marques that’s still family owned. Known for its rich, elegant and polished style of Champagne, their outstanding wines are the result of rigorous attention to detail and incredibly labor-intensive practices that few houses are willing to undertake. Underscoring its excellence, Bollinger has remained British secret agent James Bond's Champagne of choice since 1973.
