Renaudin Extra Quality Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2018 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Renaudin Extra Quality Brut' is a legendary window into the early history of Champagne Bollinger. When the house was founded in 1829 in Aÿ, it was a partnership between Paul Renaudin, Jacques Bollinger, and the Count de Villermont. For over a century, the labels bore the name 'Renaudin-Bollinger,' and their flagship offering was often designated as 'Extra Quality' (or 'Extra Quality Very Dry' for the British market). This historic cuvée established the house's signature style: a powerful, Pinot Noir-dominant blend sourced from prestigious Grand and Premier Cru vineyards. Fermented traditionally in seasoned oak casks, this wine represents the ancestral craftsmanship, rich texture, and vinous complexity that eventually paved the way for the modern Special Cuvée.
🍾 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
🍷 ABV
12%