Grape variety: 65% Pinot Noir and 35% Chardonnay
Origin: Grands and Premiers Crus from La Montagne de Reims and La Côte des Blancs
Time is the secret ingredient of great wine, enhancing viticultural and winemaking expertise, adding complexity and creating longevity.
Madame Bollinger first had the idea of offering recently disgorged cuvees in 1961 as part of her absolute commitment to making the best possible wines. Only the most promising of the Bollinger La Grande Annee vintages can hope to become R.D.
These cuvees are given even more time in the cellar to encourage the slow evolution of aromas, as well as a redefinition of structure and a lingering finish. After disgorging, the wines have a very slight addition of dosage, revealing the most pure and profound truth of the wine, paradoxically combining an extraordinary freshness and an exceptional expression of secondary and tertiary aromas.
The lively freshness amazes and enchants, while the aromatic expression intrigues.
These wines improve with age and may be enjoyed immediately or allowed to continue ageing after disgorgement, reserving additional characteristics for the future.
Bollinger R.D. wines are both a homage to the best that the terroir and time has to offer and a gift to lovers of great wines.
The oenotheque of R.D. wines produced by year:
1952, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982,
1985, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997.
