Bollinger ‘La Grande Annee’ Champagne 2014 (Magnum – 1,500ml)
RM2,300.0
Bollinger ‘La Grand Annee’ is one of the greatest Champagne, a traditionalist house making muscular wine with body, length, depth, and every other dimension. Sourcing nothing other than premium fruit, it consists of 76% Grand Crus and 24% Premiers Crus with a minimum aging of 5 years on its lees.
La Grande Annee 2014 is an assembly of 19 Crus, mostly in Aÿ and Verzenay for the 61% Pinot Noir and Chouilly and Oiry for the 39% Chardonnay. Fermentation takes place entirely in oak barrels and the wine is aged, sealed with a natural cork, for more than twice the time required by the ppellation. Dosage is moderate, 8 grams per litre.
Precise and fruity nose with a slight scent of sea-air. Aromas of cherry and lemon mingle with quince and bergamot. Then notes of hazelnut and almond, peach and mirabelle plum complete this wine’s range of aromas. The initial sensation is a fine and intense effervescence, followed by a wonderful vinosity, and then balanced with delicate acidity. Its very fine texture and sea-air finish bring excellent length on the palate, accompanied by a delicate minerality and the complex flavours of orchard fruit and citrus. This wine unfurls gradually, revealing its full potential and intensity.
Vinous: 98Pts; Jeb Dunnuck: 97Pts; Wine Spectator: 97Pts; Wine Enthusiast: 97Pts; Falstaff: 97Pts; Wine Advocate: 95Pts; Tim Atkin: 95Pts; Decanter: 95Pts
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Description
The Bollinger champagne House has created prestigious champagnes with character, distinguished by their elegance and complexity, since 1829. These outstanding wines are the result of rigorous attention to detail, for Bollinger accepts nothing less than excellence. Each and every detail represents a quest for a certain form of perfection. This uncompromisingly independent spirit, dedicated to ostentatious achievement, exemplifies the inimitable elegance for which the Champagne region is renowned and which has so impressed the Court of England that the House has been awarded the Royal Warrant since 1884.
The House’s 178 hectares are planted with 85% of Grand Cru and Premier Cru vines, spread over seven main vineyards: Aÿ, Avenay, Tauxieres, Louvois and Verzenay are planted with Pinot Noir, Cuis with Chardonnay and Champvoisy with Pinot Meunier. Bollinger is one of a very few champagne Houses to produce the majority of their own grapes for their blends.
Pinot Noir represents 60% of the House’s vineyard, corresponding to the exact proportion of this demanding grape variety in the Special Cuvee blend. Complex and powerful, it provides Bollinger wines with their remarkable structure. Another of Bollinger’s distinctive features are two plots, the Clos Saint-Jacques and Chaudes Terres, which have never succumbed to phylloxera, the disease which ravaged almost all of the champagne wine-growing area in the early 20th century. These ungrafted vines are entirely tended by hand and reproduced using a form of layering called provignage, thereby providing the means to preserve this extraordinary heritage from which the very exclusive ‘Vieilles Vignes Francaises’ cuvee is produced.
Since 2011, Maison Bollinger is certified High Environmental Value (HEV) corresponds to the highest level of a more general scheme of environmental certification for farms & vineyards. The environmental certification is a voluntary approach which aims to identify and promote particularly environmentally-friendly practices applied by growers. HEV covers four key areas: biodiversity conservation, plant protection strategy, management of fertiliser use and management of water.
Additional information
| Weight | 1 kg |
|---|---|
| Alcohol Level | |
| Size | 1500ml |
| Brand | Bollinger |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Grape Variety | Chardonnay, Pinot Noir |
| Family | Sparkling wine |
| Vintage | 2014 |
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