Champagne Bollinger Spécial Cuvée Brut

Romazini: 3/5 Stars

The Winespectator: 94/100 Points

A rich, smoky Champagne, with hints of marzipan and fennel seed accenting honeyed malt, bread dough, baked
apple and gingersnap flavors. It's all focused by intense acidity, which meshes beautifully into the layers of flavor
and refined texture, with a lingering finish. Drink now through 2021.

Robert Parker: 90/100 Points

The NV Brut Special Cuvee opens with elegant, well-delineated aromas of honey, brioche, roasted nuts, orange zest, flowers and peaches, of which appear on the palate in a classy, finessed expression of the house style. This is an especially refined and delicious NV Champagne. The Special Cuvee is roughly 60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier (2004, 2003) sourced from a variety of vineyards. Bollinger adds 5-10% of reserve wines (in this case from 1995 and 1996, aged in magnums) which gives this offering its lovely complexity. The dosage is 7-9 grams per liter. This is Lot: 807704, disgorged towards the end of 2007. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2012.

The Winemaker

The Special Cuvée is the most accomplished expression of the Bollinger style. The House's entire know-how is revealed in its ability to recreate, year after year, a blend that is constant in style and quality, and to recompose this bouquet of aromas, this unique combination of boby, balance, vinosity and finesse.

Stephen Tanzer: 89/100 Points

Yellow-gold. Smoky pear and toffee on the nose, with an exotic orange peel quality adding complexity. Pliant orchard fruit flavors deliver serious palate-staining depth, and show good cling to the finish. A classic example of Bollinger, with the oomph to take on rich foods.