Bollinger, Champagne, Special Cuvee Brut nv
This wine is typically quite complex with earthy notes that are not always embraced by those who favor more fruit-forward styles of sparkling. While I’m a fan of fruit too, I love the multitude of flavors in this wine. On average the grapes for the cuvee are 60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% Meunier sourced from 30 different crus. The Pinot and Chardonnay are all grand and premier cru. In the cellar, 5-10% reserve wines are blended into the mix and the wines rest for at least 3 years after the secondary fermenation. Produced in Ay, NM-121-001, 12% in Nov ’08 this wine is now up to $49.69 at Bottle Barn and in May ’10 up to $59.99 at K&L Bollinger
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Sampling of Wineries
Acorn Allegrini Andrea Oberto Atlas Peak Benziger Beringer Blandy's Bodega Navarro Correas Burgans Cantina Terlano Chimney Rock Chronicle Domaine Carneros Domaine de la Mordoree Dow's Dr. Loosen Emilio Lustau Fonseca Foxen Gaston Riviere Glen Ellen Hess Collection Innocent Bystander Kendall-Jackson Korbel La Caudrina Luna Vineyards Madeira Wine Company Martin Codax Masi Merryvale Mulderbosch Navarro Vineyards Pahlmeyer Roederer Estate Sawyer Cellars Sbragia Six Sigma Winery St. James Steltzner Vineyards Trinchero Winery Trione V. Sattui Winery William Fevre Wilson Winery