Descripción

El Special Cuvée personifica el estilo propio de la Maison Bollinger. Elaborado a partir de los vinos de las dos últimas vendimias pero sobre todo con una proporción mayoritaria de vinos de reserva (una verdadera singularidad en Bollinger), es a la vez un gran vino y la materialización de todos los compromisos cualitativos de la maison. Su crianza duplica en tiempo las exigencias de su apelación, alcanzando un abanico de elegantes matices.  

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Tipo
Champagne
Grado
12.0% vol.
Variedad
60% Pinot noir, 25% Chardonnay, 15% Meunier
Origen
Champagne

Maridaje

Blini con salmón ahumado y crema agria

El toque cítrico y la burbuja fina de este champagne complementa de manera excepcional la acidez de la crema agria y el sabor untuoso del salmon ahumado.

Cata

Vista
De color oro muy intenso. Burbuja abundante y muy agradable.
Nariz
Fresca, expresiva y compleja. Predominan los aromas de limón y otros cítricos junto a las notas tostadas y de pastelería y los apuntes de avellana.
Boca
Fresca y muy sabroso. Exhibe una burbuja acariciante y un largo recorrido.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir entre 6 y 8 ºC.
Consumo
Hasta 2030 si se conserva en óptimas condiciones.
Maridaje
Ideal con aperitivos, mariscos, pescados y carnes blancas.

Viñedo y elaboración

Descripción
Más del 60% de la uva procede de viñedos propios de la Maison Bollinger, situados en la zona de los Grands Crus y Premiers Crus de la Montagne de Reims y de la Côte des Blancs.
Suelo
Predominan los calcáreos.
Clima
Continental.
Cosecha
Vendimia manual en pequeñas cajas para evitar la ruptura de las pieles y la oxidación.
Vinificación
La primera fermentación se realiza parcialmente en en barrica de roble.
Envejecimiento
Crianza de un mínimo de 3 años antes de su degüelle.
Embotellado
Tras el degüelle, descansa un mínimo de 3 meses antes de salir el mercado.

Opinión de los críticos

James Suckling:

Lovely density and a fine-bubble texture. Dried apple and apricot with hints of dried flowers. Medium to full body. with medium-rich fruit. Spice, zest and ginger character. Usually 10% in barrel. 60% pinot noir, 25% chardonnay and 15% pinot meunier. About 40% reserve wine kept in magnums. Always really well done. Drink now.

Jeb Dunnuck:

Bollinger’s NV Special Cuvée knocks it out of the park. Made from 60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and the rest Pinot Meunier, with 30% of the blend brought up in barrels, it boasts a rich, deep, medium to full-bodied style as well as terrific notes of lemon curd, crème brûlée, caramelized stone fruits, and hints of toasty nuttiness that develop with time in the glass. It’s a big, rich Champagne that stays balanced and pure. Beautiful stuff.

Wine Enthusiast:

As always with this producer, this iconic nonvintage cuvée is dominated by Pinot Noir that gives impressive richness as well as ripe stone fruits. Wood fermentation adds further complexity as does the age of this bottling before release. Drink this Champagne now.

The Wine Advocate:

Disgorged in the second half of 2019, the latest release of Bollinger's NV Brut Special Cuvée is based on the 2015 vintage, complemented by around 60% reserve wines. The wine is still quite tightly wound after its recent disgorgement, opening in the glass with notes of crisp yellow orchard fruit, freshly baked bread, clear honey and orange peel, with little sign of the nuttiness to come with bottle age. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, muscular and incipiently textural, with a deep core, ripe acids and a pinpoint mousse. This isn't the most incisive vintage of Special Cuvée, but it's powerful and vinous and will have fine gastronomic potential with a little bottle age.

Decanter:

Bollinger's meaty blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 15% Pinot Meunier, with 25% Chardonnay too, seems a bit at odds with its gorgeously elegant bottle silhouette, modelled after the proportions of the house's magnums. But it all comes together when you taste it, the predominantly premier and grand cru grapes working their magic and delivering a full but fresh expression with plenty of appley fruit, cleansing acidity with a lick of lime, and full, briochey aromas.