PN TX17
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2033
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, seared scallops
✨ Technical Specifications
Bollinger's PN series was launched to showcase the unique expressions of Pinot Noir across the diverse terroirs of Champagne. The PN TX17 edition is a Blanc de Noirs crafted predominantly from Pinot Noir grown in the premier cru of Tauxières, with the 2017 vintage serving as its base. Tauxières is celebrated for its chalky soils that impart a distinct energy, structure, and precision to the Pinot Noir grape. To balance the challenging, cool 2017 growing season, Bollinger incorporated older reserve wines, including some aged in magnums under cork for up to 11 years, bringing the house's signature richness, complexity, and velvety texture. Fermented in seasoned oak casks and aged on its lees, this cuvée represents a masterful dialogue between a single grape, a specific base year, and Bollinger's historic blending heritage.
🍾 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