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  • Country ranking ?

    468
  • Producer ranking ?

    13
  • Decanting time

    No
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Seafood, Salads & Consommes

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The Story

R.D. (Recently Disgorged) is the result of a great vision of Madame Bollinger, R.D. is a magnification of the very best that the Champagne region’s terroir has to offer. R.D. starts as a Grande Année, the prestige cuvée of Bollinger, and is allowed to mature for an extra 8 to 20 years, sometimes more. This special aging allows the wine to maintain a unique combination of freshness and vivacity, while developing delicate and complex aromas. The...

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Wine Information

R.D. stands for Récemment Dégorgé, recently disgorged: Madame Bollinger created this legendary vintage in 1961, giving the world the opportunity to taste a champagne aged on lees for an exceptionally long time. Her great vision? Enabling knowledgeable wine connoisseurs to share a very special moment, when very recently disgorged wine is as fresh and aromatic as ever. It was a small revolution in the world of champagne… The daring Bollinger R.D...

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Vintage 1996

Up to this point 1996 has been considered a fantastic vintage which produced classic wines; the best since 1990. A long, dry summer produced grapes of record ripeness with record acidity. Some, including myself, question how the 1996s are aging. The wines are generally characterized by a distinctive rather lemony acidity and very good attack, but some wines now seem terribly austere, while others already seem dangerously short of fruit. None o...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

15 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Medium and Clear

ending

Medium, Spicy, Flavorful and Neutral

flavors

Vanilla, Apricot, Coffee, Toasty, Honey and Creamy

nose

Intense, Refined, Seductive and Rich

recommend

Yes

taste

Low alcohol content, Well-structured, Well-Integrated, Multi-dimensional, Mature, Medium-bodied, Fresh, Round and Dry

Verdict

Fine

Written Notes

Yet another extraordinary vintage, for some one of the greatest of all time. Wonderful complexity and maturity here. White chocolate, oodles of truffles, glacéd lemon, hazelnuts, coffee beans, dark fruits. Fine balance and a never-ending finish. A wonderful champagne and one which would be a great food wine. 97.

  • 97p
Ett så rikt och fruktigt vin att RD-karaktären inte riktig var där från start. Har numer dock växt i RD-kostymen. Här finns den klassiska Bollingerstilen med hasselnöt, bröd, svamp och rök. Nu mycket mörk i stilen med doft av tjära, färska Champignon de Paris(!) och tung imponerade smak. Inte elegans som i Krug, men den är verkligen på väg.
  • 96p
Deep golden colour. Overt, vanilla-like oxidising milk, harmonious, beautiful, very fresh, firm, linear, lots to give still, no oxidative signs. Wax. Very long and intenst. Serious. But yougn. Crharred barrel
  • 95p
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Origin

Ay, Champagne

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