Bollinger La Grande Année 2012

Mousserande vin från Champagne Frankrike

Vinet är ett av de kraftigare och fylligare champagnerna på marknaden och gör sig mycket bra till eleganta rätter av skaldjur, fisk eller fågel. 91 % av druvorna kommer från Grand Cru-vingårdar och 1 % från Premiers crus.

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Distrikt Champagne
Druvor Pinot Noir , Chardonnay
Årgång 2012
Procucenter Bollinger
Artikelnr Bollinger 104
Lagerstatus
Fraktkostnad 159:-
Avnjutes mellan 2022 - 2040

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Poäng: 95/100

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Robert Parker

Disgorged in July 2019, Bollinger's 2012 Brut La Grande Année is showing well, offering up an incipiently complex bouquet of crisp yellow orchard fruit, fresh peach, orange oil, toasted walnuts and dried apricot that's still quite reserved with less than a year on cork. Full-bodied, deep and muscular, the 2012 is blockier and broader-shouldered than its 2008 predecessor, with a weightier and even more concentrated palate built around a bright spine of acidity, concluding with a chalky finish that carries appreciably dry extract. This isn't quite as elegant as the exquisite 2008, but it is a superb effort and obviously built to age.

Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin
As you know, I love the magical moment when I get the chance, as the first journalist, to lighten the cork of the latest vintage of Bollinger La Grande Année.

We have been spoiled by a trend where these beauties were released later and later. In other words, more drinkable and mature than before. The most recent legendary vintage of 2008 was admittedly extremely youthful at launch despite its high actual age. Since neither 2009, 2010 nor 2011 was considered to be a big year at the discerning A˙ house, 2012 is thus released at the age of 7.5. It should probably be a good age to drink a wine made in a consciously oxidative style on old oak barrels, but despite its great wealth and delicious aromatic profile, I advise you to put every bottle in the cellar between 5-10 years for the greatest possible enjoyment. The wine is made from 21 villages with A˙ and Verzenay in the driver's seat backed by elegance from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oiry. The wine is characterized by vitality and energy more than depth at present. The color has a brilliant golden glow and the mousse is almost panting in its resilient youthfulness. The scent is beautifully house typical, dominated by apricot, almond, hazelnut and a smoky sophisticated intensity as from a newly lit outdoor fire. The attack is stunningly intense and the weight in the oral cavity leaves nothing left to wish for. Resilient energy and fullness are combined with greatness, but the aftertaste is so far a little too one-tracked fresh. Here I am waiting for the final acids should be accompanied by deeper

Blend of the 2012 vintage 

65% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay.  21 crus:  mainly Aÿ and Verzenay for the Pinot Noir, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oiry for the Chardonnay.
Exclusive use of the cuvee.  

Fermented entirely in barrels.
At Bollinger, only very high quality harvests become a vintage: the exceptional 2012 vintage led to Bollinger creating expressive wines that were simultaneously full, fresh and complex.
Maturation 
Sealed with a natural cork and cellar aged for more than twice the time required by the appellation.
Dosage 
Moderate, 8 grams per liter.


To the eye  

The delicate colour and golden hues are a sign of the wine’s maturity and Bollinger’s wine-making methods.

 

To the nose 
Full and expressive. Apricot, almond and hazelnut, followed by notes of honey and cereals intertwining in a symphony of aromas.
On the palate 
Exceptional texture and structure. 
Dense, silky with a long finish. Fresh and full with a delicious refined finish.

La Grande Année 2012 is the perfect champagne for gourmet food. 

To fully appreciate its unique style and aromas, La Grande Année 2012 is best served between 8 and 10°C. 

You can enjoy La Grande Année 2012 now or choose to age it in your cellar.

OMDÖME FRÅN CHAMPAGNE CLUB by RICHARD JUHLIN ★★★★★ av ★★★★★ Joseph Bollinger hette tysken från Würtemberg som grundade detta anrika hus 1829. Fransmännen kallade honom för Jacques. Firmans stora arealer i de bästa pinotbyarna köptes av hans söner Georges och Joseph. 1918 var det dags för nästa Jacques att ta över egendomen. Han blev borgmästare i Aÿ, men dog under den tyska ockupationen 47 år gammal. Den färgstarkaste personen i husets historia är hans änka...

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