Champagne Bollinger - Brut Grande Année 2007

Bettane & Desseauve

About wine:

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

About the estate:

A large traditional house established in Aÿ since 1829, Bollinger remains at the highest level in Champagne. Its 178-hectare vineyard of grands and premiers crus provides 60% of its supply. All vintage wines are vinified in barrels, as is a small proportion of the house's multi-vintage brut, the Special Cuvée. This benefits from a high proportion of reserve wines stored in magnums, ensuring unparalleled precision in the blends. In recent years, the house has been creating exciting new cuvées: a blanc de noir d'Aÿ from the Côte aux Enfants plot, which also produces a superb coteau champenois. And pinot noir cuvées named after the dominant cru in the blend, which varies each year. All of the house's wines shine at the table.

Guide Hachette des vins

About wine:

"A perfect nose, in my opinion!" wrote one taster after smelling this pale gold champagne with its fine, persistent effervescence. The jury praised the clarity and intensity of its aromas of ripe fruit, dried fruit, and toasted notes. Perfectly balanced, the palate seduces with its delicate flavors that are both ripe and fresh. The woodiness, which is noticeable but ideally integrated, contributes to the sense of harmony that this wine exudes.

About the estate:

Famous house founded in 1829 by Joseph Bollinger, a wine merchant from Württemberg. It has remained a family business, even though since 2008 it has been chaired by someone outside the family (Charles-Armand de Belenet since 2017). With a 179-hectare vineyard dominated by Pinot Noir (60%) and its own cooperage, it maintains its style based on skillful blends of wines vinified separately in oak barrels (reused to avoid overpowering woodiness) and small vats. As for the reserve wines, they are stored in magnums under "petite mousse" (a small amount of carbonation). The wines are bottled with corks and benefit from long aging on lees. Gilles Descôtes joined the company in 2003 and succeeded six cellar masters in 2013.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

About wine:

Disgorged 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 what is often a slender vintage. Excellent concentration, a deep, tight body and a precise chalky finish.

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

About wine:

It is beginning to develop, with a supple, creamy, and rounded mouthfeel. Nice finish.

About the estate:

If there is one brand with a strong personality and highly recognizable style, it is Bollinger. This family-owned house in Aÿ produces wines with a strong Pinot Noir influence that are full-bodied, deep, and subtly aged. Bollinger has an incredibly rich history. It is a benchmark house that is always at the forefront of innovation. The quality of its older vintages is testament to this commitment to excellence, passed down from generation to generation. The character and vinosity of these gourmet champagnes remain exemplary.

Wine Spectator

Jancis Robinson

Vinous

James Suckling

Jeb Dunnuck