Tasting Notes
Vinous 94
Pale copper color. Classic Bollinger aromas of toasted nuts, sealing wax and toffee. Then large-scaled, powerful and deep, with strong but integrated acids giving the spice, toffee and brown butter flavors uncanny freshness. With its major chewy extract, this really stains the palate. A classic vintage for Bollinger.
Robert Parker 92
This wine was recommended, but no tasting note was given.
Richard Juhlin 95
I chose 1990 R. D. (Recently Disgorged) and Grande Annee 1995 to accompany all dishes when I tested a ten-course menu at a top restaurant. It was hardly surprising that both shone as beautiful stars alongside the glittering dishes. The hugely fleshy ’90 better suited the truffle risotto and veal sweetbread on small potato pancakes a la Georges Blanc, but this incomparably gorgeous and subtle ’95 shone both on its own and with the other eight dishes. The wine is wonderfully direct from the start, with a seldom-seen, lemony-elegant fruit of superb Chardonnay combined with a Krug-like oaky complexity. This is hardly the most monumental vintage that Bollinger has ever made, but absolutely one of the most enjoyable and sophisticated.
JancisRobinson.com 17.5
Magnum. Disgorged 2003. Very late picked with high acid (8 g/l). 63% Pinot Noir. Malo unfinished. Orangey gold. Smoky nose. Hint of the flesh of orange segments. Round and quite evolved. Round and almost fleur d oranger. Quite delicate for a Bollinger. Lightly chewy on the end with a hint of quinine. Very interesting. Definite apple flavours!
Anticipated maturity: 2008-2023


