Bollinger tasting @ The Richard Juhlin Champagne Club

After the summer break we opened the season with a grand Bollinger-tasting @ Café Egoïste in Stockholm. Bollinger’s greatness?

1. Bolinger only produces their own champagne. No wines are bought as ‘vins sûr lattes’.
2. A large ownership of vineyards,  60 percent, which will garanteea consistent house style.
3. 325 crus, which 17 are grand crus & 41premier crus.
4. Pinot Noir is the base in all Bollingers Champagnes.
5. Bollinger only uses ’la cuvée’.
6. First fermentation only in oak barrels.
7. Réserveviner matures in magnums under natural corks.
8. Long maturation sûr-lie.
9. Only four winemakers during the last 60 years.
10. Low dosage. 7-9 grams for Spécial Cuvée & La Grande Année & Vieilles Vignes Françaises, 3-4 grams for R.D.