The Winery Bollinger of Champagne

Winery Bollinger
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
This estate is part of the SJB - Société Jacques Bollinger.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Champagne.
It is located in Champagne
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The Winery Bollinger is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Bollinger Estate is a captivating vineyard in the Champagne region of France. It was founded in 1829 by a charismatic wine merchant, Charles-Camille Bollinger. Since its establishment, the estate has remained in the hands of the Bollinger family and its descendants, serving as an invaluable French exporter of Champagne. The vines of the property sprawl over more than 180 hectares of hillside in the heart of Champagne, surrounded by lush woods. Its property also abounds with a mix of varied architecture, with interior buildings constructed in the 1870s and modern structures, not forgetting historic residences, lodges and small manor houses that attest to the region's history and culture. Viticulture and the practice of oenology at each stage of the process are integral to the estate's style and prestige. Drinking Bollinger is synonymous with luxury quality recognized worldwide, and all its varieties are produced according to strict methods. The predominant grape varieties are Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay, but foreign grape varieties are also considered. The Bollinger Estate is one of the few Champagne estates to use half Chardonnay and half Pinot Noir. The Bollinger Champagne House represents an authentic winemaking experience and an art of living devoted to the pursuit of excellence: each bottle produced is the result of a craft-oriented skill set towards experimentation and technical refinement. Whether it's a bottle ready to serve or a prestige bottle, anyone who appreciates the varied French taste and tradition will find similar pleasure in the range of products offered by the Bollinger Estate.

Top Winery Bollinger wines

Looking for the best Winery Bollinger wines in Champagne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Bollinger wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Bollinger wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Bollinger

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Bollinger

How Winery Bollinger wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of chinchards with white wine and grapes, tuna and mozzarella pie or pasta with shrimp.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Bollinger

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Bollinger. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, exotic spice or pink grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of baking spice, orange zest or black fruit. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Bollinger. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Bollinger

  • 1976With an average score of 4.90/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.61/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1989With an average score of 4.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Bollinger.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Meunier
  • Pinotage
  • Pinot Nero

Discovering the wine region of Champagne

Champagne is the name of the world's most famous Sparkling wine, the appellation under which it is sold and the French wine region from which it comes. Although it has been used to refer to sparkling wines around the world - a point of controversy and legal wrangling in recent decades - Champagne is a legally controlled and restricted name. See the labels of Champagne wines. The fame and success of Champagne is, of course, the product of many Complex factors.

Yet there are three main reasons we can be reasonably certain of. First, the large bubbles, which distinguish it from less "exciting" wines. Second, the high prices that champagne commands, which give it a sense of exclusivity and uniqueness. Third, two centuries of clever marketing to a willing and very receptive consumer base.

The top red wines of Winery Bollinger

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Bollinger

How Winery Bollinger wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of piccata with cheese, summer orecchiette or rabbit and mushroom gibelotte.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Bollinger

On the nose the red wine of Winery Bollinger. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, mushroom or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Bollinger

  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 1997With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Bollinger.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Bollinger

Planning a wine route in the of Champagne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Bollinger.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Bollinger and wines from the region

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The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bray

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The word of the wine: Draft liquor (champagne)

After blending, the wine is bottled with a liqueur de tirage (a mixture of sugar and wine) and a yeast (selected yeasts). The yeast attacks the sugar and creates carbon dioxide. The fermentation, which lasts about two months, is prolonged by an ageing period (15 months minimum in total). The bottle is capped (some rare vintages are capped with a staple and a cork).

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