La Grande Annee Collector Bullet
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Seared scallops with truffle butter, roasted duck breast, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Bollinger La Grande Année Collector Bullet represents the ultimate intersection of cinematic history and viticultural excellence. This ultra-exclusive release celebrates Bollinger's legendary partnership with the James Bond franchise, which began in 1979. Housed in a spectacular, limited-edition case shaped like a Walther PPK bullet, this collector's piece contains Bollinger's prestige vintage cuvée, La Grande Année. Crafted only in exceptional years, this Champagne is entirely fermented in seasoned oak casks, a traditional method that imparts unmatched depth, micro-oxygenation, and creamy complexity. Primarily sourced from Grand and Premier Cru vineyards in Aÿ, Verzenay, Cramant, and Oger, it showcases a powerful, Pinot Noir-driven structure balanced by the elegance of Chardonnay, resulting in a rich, vinous masterpiece with notes of toasted brioche, baked stone fruits, and refined minerality.
🍾 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 60%, Chardonnay 40%
🍷 ABV
12% - 12.5%