B16
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2036
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry such as capon, aged Comte cheese, and seared scallops with a rich butter sauce.
✨ Technical Specifications
Bollinger's PN B16 is a remarkable Blanc de Noirs Champagne that celebrates the unique vision of Pinot Noir, the house's signature grape variety. The 'B16' designation signifies the 2016 base vintage, with the blend anchored by the grand cru terroir of Verzenay, renowned for its structure, tension, and crystalline acidity. Bollinger's historic winemaking philosophy shines through here, utilizing older reserve wines—some aged in magnums under cork for up to eleven years—to add layers of complexity and depth. Fermented in oak casks and aged on its lees far longer than appellation requirements, this cuvée embodies the rich heritage of Ay and Verzenay, delivering a vinous, powerful, yet elegant expression of Champagne's most noble black grape.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1829 in Aÿ by Hennequin de Villermont, Paul Renaudin, and Jacques Bollinger, Maison Bollinger endures as one of Champagne's preeminent independent, family-owned Grandes Marques. Its identity was indelibly forged under the visionary stewardship of Madame Lily Bollinger in the mid-twentieth century. The estate controls approximately 180 hectares of vineyards, dominated by Grand and Premier Cru parcels across the Montagne de Reims and Vallée de la Marne, rooted in deep Belemnite chalk and limestone. Bollinger is celebrated for its Pinot Noir-centric architectural style, championing vinification in seasoned oak barrels, magnum reserve aging under natural cork, and extensive cellar maturation before disgorgement. The portfolio is epitomized by Special Cuvée and La Grande Année, reaching transcendental complexity in R.D. (Récemment Dégorgé) and the elusive Vieilles Vignes Françaises, produced from ungrafted, pre-phylloxera vines trained en foule.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier