At Bollinger, only exceptional harvests are made into vintage wines. La Grande Année Rosé is a blend of 63% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay, from 19 crus – mainly Aÿ and Verzenay for the Pinot Noir, Chouilly and Oiry for the Chardonnay. 5% red Côte aux Enfants wine. Fermented entirely in aged oak barrels. This is simultaneously precise, refined and complex, in terms of both its minerality and exceptional length.

On the nose is a real mosaic of fruit – aromas of raspberry, wild strawberries, cherries. Notes of peach and quince complete this fruity bouquet. The wine is characterized by its creamy effervescence, splendid volume in the mouth and long aromatic persistence. Its wonderful acidity and sea-air characteristics appear alongside flavours of orchard fruits and berries.

You can enjoy La Grande Année Rosé right away, or choose to age it in your cellar.

“Bollinger’s 2015 Brut La Grande Année Rosé was disgorged in May last year with seven grams per liter dosage. Offering up deep aromas of orchard fruits, blood orange, mandarin rind and peach mingled with nuances of coffee, praline and fino sherry, it’s medium to full-bodied, pillowy and layered, with a broad attack that segues into a vinous palate framed by high levels of structuring dry extract that makes its presence felt on the sapid, nutty and penetrating finish. Given the skin maturity and inherent structure of the year, the Bollinger team elected to include only 4.5% of still red wine in the blend, a comparatively low percentage.”
96 points, William Kelley, Wine Advocate, March 2024

“This elegant, medium-bodied rosé includes select plots of pinot noir from the Cote Aux Enfants vineyard. It shows a medium orange-amber color, dark cherry-skin and candied-plum aromas followed by vivid strawberry and blood-orange flavors. Marked by finesse, light but very flavorful, complex and layered. Drink or hold.”
95 points, James Suckling, March 2024