NV Bollinger Special Cuvee 375ml

Pro Reviews

Wine Advocate (WA)

Disgorged six months ago, the latest rendition of the NV Brut Special Cuvee was bottled in 2015, and while its core derives from the 2014 vintage, it contains fully 60% reserve wines. The wine wafts from the glass with a classic bouquet of apples, pear, walnut oil and clear honey, followed by a medium to full-bodied palate that’s broad-shouldered and Pinot Noir-driven, with a pinpoint mousse, nice tension at the core and a delicately chalky finish. Gilles Descotes commented that one of his biggest challenges is finding enough wine raised in wood to make the Special Cuvee in years where Grande Annee is produced—and to that end, Bollinger is significantly expanding its barrel program to ferment even more base wine in used oak. – 04/07/2019

Vinous Media (VM)

(60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier; 8 g/l dosage; L1403801): Pale yellow. Toasty aromas of apple and pear nectar are complemented by hints of toffee, honey and orange zest. Full and expansive on the palate, offering ripe orchard and pit fruit flavors and an undercurrent of smoky minerals and buttered toast. Smooth and gently spicy on the clinging, nicely focusd finish. – Josh Raynolds – 01/01/2014

Jancis Robinson (JR)

Disgorgement date given for vintage wines but not NV. Shocking! Very pale with a greenish tinge. Extremely zesty nose with real depth. Pretty frothy mousse with an undertow of greater age than most of the champagnes I have been tasting. Definitely distinctive though there is something a little loose about the structure. – 04/12/2019