Bollinger

Bollinger, Rosé, NV

Name: Bollinger, Rosé
Brand: Bollinger
Price: 398.34 GBP

92/100

The Wine Independent

91/100

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Bollinger Rosé NV is crafted from 62% Pinot Noir, 24% Chardonnay, and 14% Pinot Meunier, with over 85% of the blend sourced from Grand and Premier Cru vineyards. A key element of this Champagne is the addition of 5-6% superb red wine from the Poirier Saint-Pierre and Montboeuf plots in Verzenay, or those in Aÿ, which provides aromatic depth and a bold structure. This wine undergoes at least three years of ageing, with the red wine addition enhancing its complexity, much like the legendary Côte aux Enfants plot. Bollinger Rosé maintains the elegance and presence characteristic of the house’s finest blends. Visually, the wine presents a bright rosé with subtle golden hues. The nose reveals a noble array of red berries, including red currant, cherry, and wild strawberry, complemented by a touch of spice, reminiscent of Bollinger’s Special Cuvée. On the palate, it offers a delicate balance of structure, length, and vivacity, with a tannic finish from the red wine. The fine, velvety bubbles carry flavors of wild berries, and the richness is beautifully balanced by a fresh, mineral finish. Elegant and refined, Bollinger Rosé is perfect as an aperitif or with a variety of dishes and will evolve gracefully with time.

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GUARANTEED PROVENANCE

Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

92/100

Sarah Mayo,

The Wine Independent

Deep coral with glints of gold, the Rosé Special Cuvée NV is an assemblage rosé made of 62% Pinot Noir, 24% Chardonnay and 14% Pinot Meunier of which 5-6% is still red wine. Based on the 2019 with 50% of reserve wines, it is finished with an eight gram per liter dosage. Bursting from the glass with showy red fruit aromas intermingling with ripe white peach, yellow mango, baking spice, lemon peel and a hint of crème fraiche, the palate is full-bodied and round with plush fruit intensity that has a savory quality, and plenty of softly stimulating acidity to add freshness to the finish. This is a great any time rosé.

drinking window 2023 - 2030

date of review 11/2023

91/100

Josh Raynolds,

Vinous

(60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier; roughly 9 g/l dosage; L1403805): Bright orange-pink. Fresh red berries and tangerine on the spice- and smoke-accented nose and in the mouth. Sappy and expansive, offering juicy raspberry and bitter cherry flavors and a touch of toasty lees. Tightens up on the long, mineral-driven finish, which leaves a chalky mineral nuance behind.

date of review 01/2015

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Chardonnay/Pinot Noir

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12%

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.