Description
// 62% Pinot Noir, 24% Chardonnay and 14% Pinot Meunier
Dosage: 7-8gr/L
Aged 8 months in barrel
"When Champagne Bollinger decided to embark on making a rosé, its standards were uncompromising: it had to have freshness, of course, but also structure and elegance. Bollinger Rosé therefore falls within the same vein as Special Cuvée, with its spiced notes. The addition of a superb red wine from the Poirier Saint-Pierre and Montboeuf plots in Verzenay or the ones in Aÿ, worked in the same way as the vines of the legendary Côte aux Enfants plot, lends it an assertive aromatic power. It also boasts a brilliance, presence and delicate quality that are the hallmark of great blends. A bright rosé with subtle golden hues. The nobility of red berries: hints of red currant, cherry and wild strawberry; a spicy touch, not unlike Special Cuvée. A subtle combination of structure, length and vivacity, with a tannic finish due to the adjunction of red wine; bubbles as fine as velvet; flavours of wild berries." - House Notes
"Bright pink colour, showing the excellent freshness that is also evident on nose and palate. Dried strawberry; gently nutty; no obvious aldehyde. A fuller, rounder style of pink Champagne, lovely balance and mouth-feel, the dosage isn't evident and neither is it as super-dry as the vintage Bollinger wines. Very good." - 93 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
"Deep red-berry nose, plus some nectarine, spice and candied-orange notes. Powerful and fresh, the hint of tannin from the red-wine component of the blend neatly balanced by the creaminess. Excellent textural complexity, then a long, delicately spicy and mineral finish." - 93 Points, James Suckling
