Region
France > Champagne
Producer
Bollinger
Grape
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Type
White - Sparkling
Designation
AOP
WO score
WO score is the average of all critic scores for this wine
Tasting notes
Tasted at the Bollinger RD vertical in Paris. The 1995 RD has a more exotic nose than the 1996, perhaps more similar to the 1999 RD. It takes more time to unfurl, more introspective and delicate with touches of quince, litchi and mandarin. Good definition and focus. The palate is certainly more forward than the 1996 RD, but it has a beautiful entry with subtle honey notes,... read more/less
...dried apricot, a touch of yeast, perhaps a finer thread of acidity that renders this a more elegant RD than the 1996, but not with the same sense of thrust and power and just a tad drier towards the finish. I would be drinking this now, but would cellar the 1996. Tasted July 2011.
Vinous
Tasted: 11/01/2005
Drink:
Author: Josh Raynolds
Light gold color. Textbook Bollinger aromas of toast, lees and buttered toast, along with suggestions of fresh mushroom and white truffle. This is really about earthy tones, not fruit. Thick and fat to the point of being oily in texture, with deeply pitched sweet cream and butter tones and a slow-to-unfold singed pineapple flavor. For fans of Bollinger, this is a serious buy. .
Contact details
Address
Bollinger, 16 Rue Jules-lobet, Aÿ, Champagne, France
Bollinger, 16 Rue Jules-lobet, Aÿ, Champagne, France