James Bond Spectre Ice Bucket
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Seared sea scallops, roasted pheasant or guinea fowl, and aged Comté or Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Bollinger James Bond Spectre Edition celebrates the legendary partnership between Champagne Bollinger and the world's most famous secret agent, a relationship dating back to 1973. Released to coincide with the movie 'Spectre', this exceptional cuvée is a vintage Champagne (specifically the 2009 vintage) that showcases Bollinger's signature style. Crafted primarily from Pinot Noir (68%) sourced from historic crus like Aÿ and Verzenay, and complemented by Chardonnay (32%) from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Avize, the wine was entirely fermented in older oak barrels to develop complexity and texture. It was aged for several years on its lees under natural cork closures—a rare practice today—resulting in a rich, vinous Champagne with notes of toasted brioche, ripe stone fruits, and elegant minerality, presented in a striking, high-tech chilling canister.
🍾 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