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Bollinger PN TX20

Bollinger, Aÿ, Champagne

Vintage 2020

Style Champagne

Blend of grapes 100% Pinot Noir

Winemaker Denis Bunner

Alcohol 12%

Dosage Low, 6g/l

Details of production

Pinot Noir is one of the key pillars of the Bollinger style and the Maison has built its reputation by showcasing this grape variety. The PN cuvée is the result of research into the different styles of Pinot Noir and its different origins in Champagne. It represents a continuation of the Maison’s heritage and an affirmation of the legendary Bollinger style, while also being a wine that reinvents itself year after year. In this way, each new edition offers a new interpretation of Maison Bollinger’s vineyards and savoir-faire.

Tasting Notes

The nose opens with scents of fresh citrus and lemon, followed by aromas of white stone fruits, peach and quince. The finish is enhanced by subtle mineral, flinty notes. First, notes of redcurrant and subtle freshness. Then comes beautiful richness, depth and vinosity with delicate touches of stewed fruits bringing extra complexity, all coming together in a lovely long finish.

How To Serve

PN TX20 is a wine to be shared between passionate wine enthusiasts looking for different expressions of Pinot Noir from Champagne. To highlight its unique style and aromas, were commend you serve PN TX20 between 10 and 11°C. You can enjoy the wine right away, or allow it to continue evolving in your cellar. Lobster à l’Amoricaine with heritage ‘pineapple’ tomato, turnip purée, leekRosemary roast Guinea Fowl, sage jus, white carrot confit in butter and sumac White truffle Pecorino, seeded bread, rocket salad and Piedmont hazelnut.

Bolinger's PN series has only gained in popularity, showcasing the house's expertise with Pinot Noir. For the latest edition, the house has reverted to the lesser-known Pinot Noir premier cru of Tauxières in a cool pocket of the southern face of the Montagne de Reims, comprised once more of just under half of the base year plus reserves from 2019 and 2018, and reserves from 2012 and 2008 aged in magnum. At first it's full of the exuberant pink-tinged fruit of the ultra-ripe, hot season; juicy raspberry and sweet apricots, rounded and approachable. Both the cool, chalky restraint of the village and the added shot of smoky, charry, honeyed richness of the reserve wine – not to mention the acid focus of the 2008 and 2012 – elevate it dramatically, leaving the wine with no lack of drive and refreshment factor. This is another highly imaginative, rewarding release, a little less mineral and restrained than the PN VZ 19, yet just as layered.

94 Points, Tom Hewson Decanter, June 2025

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