La Grande Annee Rose
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, seared wild salmon, roasted pigeon
✨ Technical Specifications
La Grande Année Rosé is an exquisite, vintage-dated prestige cuvée that represents the pinnacle of Bollinger's vinous craftsmanship. It is built upon the foundation of the house's exceptional La Grande Année, which is vinified entirely in old oak casks to develop unparalleled texture and micro-oxygenation. The defining magic of this rosé lies in the addition of a small percentage of still red wine sourced from the legendary, steep parcel of La Côte aux Enfants in Aÿ. This historic vineyard, once prized by French kings, imparts a magnificent structure, deep color, and complex red fruit character to the blend. The wine undergoes riddling and disgorgement entirely by hand after spending several years aging on its lees under natural cork, resulting in a Champagne of immense power, vinous complexity, and refined elegance.
🍾 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
Approximately 60% Pinot Noir (including 5-6% still red wine) and 40% Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12% - 12.5%