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Tasted Tuesday, October 10, 2017 by SimonG with 353 views
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2002 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année Rosé 94 Points
France, Champagne
Lovely colour and nicely fragrant — strawberry and redcurrant with some musky spice. Very fresh and almost delicate on the palate. Light on its feet. Super. ****1/2
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2002 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année 94 Points
France, Champagne
Fairly typical on the nose, reasonably rich with a touch of ginger. Nicely fresh. This is a lovely bottle. ****1/2
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2002 Bollinger Champagne R.D. Extra Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
Jan 2017 disgorgement. Tighter and possibly slightly reductive on the nose. A little more compact and linear on the palate initially. Pretty brooding but lots of potential and it does open up quite nicely with air. ****
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1996 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année 95 Points
France, Champagne
Full and nicely rich. A touch of ginger. Deep. Lovely line too, this is so fresh for 96. Lovely poise. Really super. *****
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1996 Bollinger Champagne R.D. Extra Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
04/04/07 disgorgement. Far closer to the GA than the 02 pairing. A little darker in colour but again, surprisingly fresh. Just lacking a little finesse (!) cf the GA. ****
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1995 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année 85 Points
France, Champagne
Hugely darker than the previous wines, this really is burnished old gold and then some. Looks decades older than it is. Nose pretty advanced too. Somewhat fresher on the palate, but it's a relative term. A shadow of the 96. Some interest but this has not lasted. **1/2
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1995 Bollinger Champagne R.D. Extra Brut 85 Points
France, Champagne
17/10/05 disgorgement. Again, far darker though slightly lighter than the GA. a touch of smoke on the nose with air. Possibly marginally better than the GA overall. **1/2
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1990 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année 91 Points
France, Champagne
Fullnd gold. A little lighter than the 95. Rich nose, but also a touch lactic. Surprisingly fresh on the palate but far more advanced than previous bottles of this. Not helped by being served alongside pudding. (*)*** with appropriate food.
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1989 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année 90 Points
France, Champagne
Colour as per the 90. Spicier on the Jose. Lovely acidity. Really quite vinous and very mature. Just a little spikey perhaps. ***1/2
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1985 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année 90 Points
France, Champagne
Promising Jose and reasonable on the attack, but fades though the mid palate to finish. A touch of honey on the nose. Some VA lift too. A little coarse on the finish. ***1-2
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NV Bollinger Champagne Special Cuvée Brut 87 Points
France, Champagne
Only 3 yrs post-release aging and still pretty young. Reasonably balanced, some development on the attack but still fresh and a little spikey on the finish. Needs another year or two. ***
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