2007 Bollinger Brut Rose Champagne Grande Annee

2007 Bollinger Brut Rose Champagne Grande Annee96 Wine Advocate A blend of 72% Pinot Noir (mainly from A and Verzenay) with 28% Chardonnay (Cramant and Oger), Bollinger's 2007 La Grande Anne Ros Brut is a rich and powerful yet fresh and tightly woven Champagne that gets its characteristic coral color from the addition of 6% red Cte aux Enfants Pinot Noir from A. Fermented entirely in barrels and aged under natural cork, the 2007 offers a chalky pure and matured bouquet of redcurrants, green figs,

96 Wine Advocate - A blend of 72% Pinot Noir (mainly from Aÿ and Verzenay) with 28% Chardonnay (Cramant and Oger), Bollinger's 2007 La Grande Année Rosé Brut is a rich and powerful yet fresh and tightly woven Champagne that gets its characteristic coral color from the addition of 6% red Côte aux Enfants Pinot Noir from Aÿ. Fermented entirely in barrels and aged under natural cork, the 2007 offers a chalky-pure and matured bouquet of redcurrants, green figs, dark chocolate, minty and dried floral expressions. Very fresh and elegant on the palate, this is a full-bodied, dense, complex and structured rosé with a long, intense and well-structured finish that reveals the youthful soul of this fresh and chalky 2007. This is a long-distance runner and surely a wine to have with poultry dishes such as duck or pigeon. It will strongly benefit from further bottle aging.