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Bollinger PN VZ19

Bollinger, Aÿ, Champagne

Vintage 2019

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

A very expressive, fruity nose where orchard fruits are followed by red and even exotic fruit notes. A symphony of delicate, ethereal scents where every aroma comes together in perfect harmony. We taste all  the fruitiness of the nose on the palate, which blends white fruit and citrus notes in a mingling of Granny Smith acidity with fleshy vine peach and vibrant blood orange. A supple, silky texture makes for an extremely elegant wine. A touch of salinity on the finish adds a final flourish of complexity to this new edition.

How To Serve

PN VZ19 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, we recommend you serve PN VZ19 between 10 and 11°C. You can enjoy the wine right away, or allow it to continue evolving in your cellar.

A strong gold and a striking nose of hazelnut, fig, and mirabelle plum. The 2009 reserve wine is already holding sway, the 50% oak fermentation providing eloquent support, too. This is powerful, for sure, with cherry fruit, rosehip, hints of iodine and jasmine, then honeysuckle and a reassuring citric base. Red fruit and the ancestral voice of the reserve wine are very much in the ascendancy here, however, with a rich, velvety texture. Thereafter, the linear character of the palate, with none of the aforementioned fruit character forsaken, lends intellectual impetus, tension, and decorously challenging salinity. The texture is pure and crystalline; Verzenay purity from Verzenay chalk. The Pinot power respects this and dances seamlessly around a bold and honorable structure that is as generous as it is satisfying. If you like le style Bollinger and you like Pinot Noir-dominated Champagne, well, guess what…

Simon Field MW World of Fine Wine, September 2024

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