Champagne Bollinger - Brut Grande Année 2007

Bettane & Desseauve

About the wine:

A very vinous style, made for the table, a great year, ultimately very classic in the traditional style of the house.

About the domain :

A traditional Champagne house established in Aÿ since 1829, Bollinger remains at the very top of the Champagne world. Its 178-hectare vineyard of Grands Crus and Premier Crus accounts for 60% of its supply. The entire production of vintage wines is vinified in barrels, as is a small proportion of the house's multi-millennium brut, the Special Cuvée. The latter benefits from a high proportion of reserve wines kept in magnums, ensuring unrivalled precision in the blends. In recent years, the house has created some exciting new cuvées: a blanc de noir d'Aÿ from the Côte aux Enfants parcel, which also produces a superb coteau champenois. And pinot noir cuvées named after the dominant cru in the blend, which varies from year to year. All the house wines shine at the table.

Guide Hachette des vins

About the wine:

"Perfect nose, to my taste!" wrote one taster after sniffing this pale gold champagne with its fine, persistent effervescence. The jury praised the clarity and intensity of its ripe fruit, dried fruit, toasted and toasted aromas. Well-balanced, the mouth seduces with the delicacy of its ripe, fresh flavors. The woodiness is perceptible but ideally blended, contributing to the sensation of harmony that emanates from this wine.

About the domain :

Famous house founded in 1829 by Joseph Bollinger, a merchant originally from Württemberg. It has remained a family business, although since 2008 it has been chaired by a non-family member (Charles-Armand de Belenet since 2017). With a vineyard of 179 ha, predominantly Pinot Noir (60%), and a cooperage, the company is careful to maintain its style, based on skilful blending of wines vinified separately in oak barrels (reused to avoid a dominant woodiness) and small-capacity vats. Reserve wines are kept in magnums under "petite mousse". The wines are bottled under cork and aged for a long time on their lees. Having joined the company in 2003, Gilles Descôtes took over from six cellar managers in 2013.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

About the wine:

Tasted in March 2017, Bollinger's La Grande Année 2007 is brilliant, offering a superb bouquet of lemon oil, candied citrus, marzipan, iodine, nuts and freshly baked bread. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, broad-shouldered and powerful in an often slender vintage. Excellent concentration, deep, tight body and a precise chalky finish.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

About the wine:

Starting to evolve, with a supple, creamy, rounded mouthfeel. Nice depth.

About the domain :

If ever there was a brand with a strong personality and a highly recognizable style, it's Bollinger. This family-run house from Aÿ produces wines dominated by Pinot Noir, vinous, deep and with a subtle patina. Bollinger's history is incredibly rich. A benchmark house, always taking the initiative. The quality of the older vintages bears witness to this commitment to excellence, handed down from generation to generation. The character and vinosity of these gourmet champagnes remain a benchmark.

Wine Spectator

Jancis Robinson

Vinous A. Galloni

James Suckling

Jeb Dunnuck