PN VZ19
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 3 to 15 years from its release, though its exceptional structure and acidity allow it to cellar gracefully for up to 20 years.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Roasted poultry such as guinea fowl, thinly sliced cured hams like Jamón Ibérico, and rich seafood dishes like seared scallops in a light butter sauce.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Bollinger's PN VZ19 is a masterful expression of the house's signature grape, Pinot Noir, crafted to showcase the unique terroir of the Grand Cru village of Verzenay. This specific edition is built around the 2019 base vintage, a year of exceptional concentration and balance. Verzenay Pinot Noir is legendary for its chalky precision, vibrant acidity, and saline minerality, which beautifully tempers Bollinger's signature rich, oxidative house style. The blend incorporates older reserve wines, including some aged in Bollinger's famous magnum bottles, adding layers of complexity and depth. Vinified partly in old oak barrels and aged on its lees in the cool chalk cellars of Aÿ, this Blanc de Noirs carries on the legacy of Lily Bollinger, who famously championed the character of Pinot Noir in Champagne. It offers a captivating dialogue between the power of the grape and the cool, mineral-driven elegance of the northern Montagne de Reims.
🍾 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.