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Bollinger Special Cuvee
A mellow gold-amber color and ripe, generous peach, honey and fig flavors indicate this French bubbly is wonderfully mature. Ample and enjoyable, it shows great balance and a long finish. Drink now.
This champagne is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier. The process begins in neutral wood casks and small stainless steel vats. This allows for the development of exquisite aromas and bouquet; wonderful yeast and doughy notes along with a richness of graham cracker pie crust and vanilla. The palate has some peripheral layers of lemon zest and a crisp backbone of Asian pear. Bollinger is unique in the use of the neutral wood for first fermentation and the technique of aging the reserve wines used exclusively in magnums. This allows for the perfect blending components and the consistent style of the Special Cuvee.
-Eddie Newell, Main Wine Buyer, Santa Ana.
"I only drink champagne when I'm happy, and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company, I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I am not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it - unless I'm thirsty." -Lily Bollinger (I agree!) This my favorite NV champagne is up to 10% reserve wine and aged in oak giving it more richness than most.
-Byron Glover, Assistant Manager, Santa Clara.
Wine Enthusiast
The Bollinger style is always rich, food friendly and impressive. This wine is all of those things, with power and intensity of flavor along with ripe fruit, a layer of toastiness and a dry aftertaste. This is a style of wine that can take even more bottle aging.
Score: 94.
—Roger Voss,
December
01,
2005.
Wine Spectator
Complex aromas and flavors of rose, grilled nuts, citrus and a gently oxidative note course through this muscular, full-bodied bubbly. Despite its power, there's a gracefulness. The aftertase combines citrus and spice. Drink now through 2008.
Score: 93.
—Bruce Sanderson,
November
15,
2004.
Burghound
Here the expressive nose is extremely yeasty and deeply pitched with delicious, vibrant, and crisp middle weight flavors that are precise and clean on the long finish. This is a beautiful and relatively robust effort and I like the way everything is delivered with grace and authority with a firm but not aggressive backbone of acidity. This should be high on the list for those who enjoy cellaring NV examples as it will easily support 10 to 15 years of aging but can also be enjoyed now. A very solid effort at this level.
Score: 91.
—Allen Meadows,
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