Bollinger

La Côte aux Enfants, Ay, Blanc de Noirs, 2015

Name: La Côte aux Enfants, Ay, Blanc de Noirs
Brand: Bollinger
Price: 745 GBP

97/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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all 2015

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2015
1x75cl
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£745.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

ncredibly rich red berry fruit - cherry, raspberry and wild strawberry. Bruised apple, orange blossom and some tropical mango and papaya notes. Brambles, lemon thyme and lashings of vanilla and cream. A delicate persistent umami backbone exhibits sea salt, oyster shell, limestone and proving bread dough. This showcases such impressive weight and intensity beautifully overlaid by acidity, tension and freshness.

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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.

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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

97/100

Kristaps Karklins,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Bollingers 2015 Blanc de Noirs La Cote aux Enfants, disgorged in February 2025 with a dosage of four grams per liter, stands as the most harmonious iteration to datea conclusion reaffirmed during a retrospective tasting that included every vintage produced from the vineyards northwest-facing slope, which boasts a steep 39% gradient and shallow soils that have been cultivated according to organic practices since 2009. Harvested at 11.2% potential alcohol, with meticulous selection to exclude herbaceous elementsa refinement made possible through vinification in small barrels rather than large tanksthe wine opens with a flamboyant bouquet evocative of red grapefruit zest, pear, red plum, mango and pastry notes. On the palate, it is full-bodied and concentrated, with a vibrant core of fruit supported by racy acidity and ample chalky extract. The finish is long, saline and resonant, marked by Pinot Noir phenolics that just amplify its mineral signature. Denis Bunner notes that sugar accumulation occurred rapidly in this vintage, outpacing aromatic development, yet the decision to delay harvest proved fortuitousand I wholeheartedly concur. This is an extroverted, characterful expression that aligns beautifully with Bollingers house style, and while it can be drunk with considerable satisfaction in the near term, it promises a broad window of enjoyment.

drinking window 2026 - 2041

date of review 07/2025

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Chardonnay/Pinot Noir

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11.5%

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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.