Rarity

The Bollinger R.D. Experience: The contrast between a wonderful freshness and the exceptional aromas of an old vintage.

It required 25 years of experiments, tests and critical evaluations. In 2019 the first bottle of Barolo Vite Talin 2013 vintage will emerge from the Sandrone winery after 6 years of evolution and refinement. This wine was born and destined to be the one as imagined by Luciano.

Four years after the release of the first bottle of the 2013 vintage, Vite Talin confirms itself as the plant with distinctive and recognizable features, with a grape capable, season after season, of shining more intensely than the territory. This has smaller clusters, very pruinose, smaller but with an intense color, as well as the berries. Similarly, the vine is also more contained both in...

The wine with a purplish color but always alive like ruby, deep. On the nose it expresses its aromatic complexity, following every round of the glass. It releases aromas and hints of black fruits, dark and ripe cherries and licorice root, all accompanied by subtle notes of wood and vanilla, for an overall delicate bouquet. On the palate, the tannins are currently at the forefront. The...

"The 2014 La Grande Année is stunning. In fact, it is one of the best recent editions I can remember tasting. What comes through most is the wine’s sizzling energy and tension, qualities that aren’t often associated with Bollinger, where the Champagnes tend to show more breadth and volume. In 2014, readers will find a Grande Année built on linear intensity and drive. The 2014 is a blend...

The Vieilles Vignes Françaises are intimately linked to the history of Champagne Bollinger. Ungrafted, they carry a memory that has almost disappeared: an extraordinary and moving heritage memory, that of pre-phylloxera Champagne. Les Chaudes Terres and Clos St Jacques in Aÿ constitute the legendary plots of Vieilles Vignes Françaises of Maison Bollinger. For this vintage of Vieilles Vignes...