Flipbook Champagne Tasting - Tim Donagan - 20.11.15
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Bollinger<br />
Special Cuvee Brut – NV - Dan Murphy’s $60<br />
Notes:<br />
About<br />
Founded 1829 – Family House - 2.5 M bottles/year<br />
163 ha comprise 85% grand cru and premier cru<br />
Vineyards: Aÿ, Louvois, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Verzy and Verzenay.<br />
Processing<br />
60% PN/25% Chard/15% PM - 50% 2009, 45% 2008, 5% late 1990s<br />
50% reserve aged in Magnums under low sparkle & cork.<br />
Blend of 400 cuvees involving some oak fermentation & aging.<br />
2 Mill. bottles/year of NV – 3 years on lees - disgorged Jan. 2014 - 8g/L<br />
Descriptors<br />
Ginger, dried nectarine, mixed spice, toast/brioche, honey & roasted<br />
nuts complexities. Overlayed with pristine citrus acidity and saltinfused<br />
minerality (Tyson Stelzer).<br />
Cepage Bracket No.1<br />
Bracket of two
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