James Bond 002 for 007
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed from release through 2032, showing magnificent development and tertiary complexity with age.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, seared scallops
✨ wine.spec_sheet
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of James Bond's cinematic debut, Champagne Bollinger released the highly collectible '002 for 007' limited edition in 2012. The presentation is legendary: a sleek collector's case styled after the silencer of Bond's iconic Walther PPK, which opens via a combination lock (007) to reveal a bottle of Bollinger's exceptional La Grande Année 2002. The relationship between Bollinger and Bond is one of cinema's most enduring partnerships, initiated on screen in 1973's Live and Let Die following a warm personal friendship and handshake agreement between Christian Bizot of Bollinger and producer Cubby Broccoli. The wine inside represents the pinnacle of Bollinger's craftsmanship from the stellar 2002 vintage. Sourced entirely from Grand and Premier Cru vineyards, it was fermented in seasoned oak casks and aged under natural cork for nearly a decade, yielding a Champagne of immense power, structure, and creamy complexity.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Founded in 1829 in the historic village of Aÿ by Jacques Bollinger, Paul Renaudin, and Hennequin de Villermont, Champagne Bollinger is one of the region's most prestigious and fiercely independent family-owned houses. Renowned for its Pinot Noir-dominated blends and traditional production methods, Bollinger uniquely ferments its vintage wines in seasoned oak casks and maintains an extensive library of reserve wines aged in magnums under cork. The house's signature style is defined by its rich complexity, structure, and depth, best exemplified by legendary cuvées like Special Cuvée, La Grande Année, and the late-disgorged R.D. Additionally, Bollinger preserves a rare piece of viticultural history with its ungrafted, pre-phylloxera Pinot Noir vines used to produce the ultra-exclusive Vieilles Vignes Françaises.