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2012 Bollinger, La Grande Annee
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Start Your Wine Collection with 2012 Bollinger, La Grande Annee
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Top VintageBehold! One of the finest vintages of this wine ever made.
61.1% of Vinovest WinesWhy We're Buying
The legendary 2012 harvest has taken Champagne houses in transcendent form. This vintage cuvée from Bollinger is no exception. Wine Spectator anointed 2012 La Grande Année as the 10th best wine on its Top 100 list, while Le Guide Hachette des Vins awarded it two stars. The flagship Champagne features a blend of 65 pinot from Aÿ and Verzenay and 35 chardonnay from Oiry and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. After an extensive slumber in oak barrels and casks plus time on the lees, this Champagne is rearing to go. Out of the gate, a citrus bouquet envelops the nose while bright acids swirl amid layers of fresh apples, hazelnuts, red berries, and coffee. The youthful energy belies a built-to-age structure that should blossom over the next four decades. In the words of wine critic Wilfred Wong, “One never turns down a "Bolly" under any circumstances.” The Final Sip: If you want the finest iteration of La Grande Année possible, it doesn’t get much better than this.
Critics Scores
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
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.
Wine Enthusiast
Still young for a wine of this caliber, this rich Champagne has an immense future ahead of it. The freshness of the wine will mature into the rich toastiness that is such a hallmark of this brand. Oak fermentation and aging have added to the great promise of this fine wine. Drink from 2022.
Wine Spectator
This goes from zero to 60 right out of the gate, with an intense spine of acidity driving tightly meshed flavors of crushed black currant, ground coffee, candied grapefruit peel and toasted almond. The profile expands on the palate, carried by the fine, raw silk–like mousse. Richly aromatic and expressive from start to lasting, spiced finish. Disgorged July 2019. Drink now through 2037.