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Wine Description
The Story
Destroyed at the dawn of the 20th century by the infamous phylloxera vastatrix, all the Champagne region’s vines had to be replanted with American rootstocks that were resistant to the destructive insect.
All of them? Not quite... In Aÿ, two Bollinger plots classified Grand cru, the “Chaudes Terres” and “Clos St Jacques”, were miraculously spared by the phylloxera. From these vines cultivated using traditional methods, planted “en foule” (w...
Wine Information
The 2013 Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Françaises (V.V.F.) is an ultra-rare, towering Blanc de Noirs produced from ungrafted, pre-phylloxera Pinot Noir vines grown en foule in Aÿ (Chaudes Terres and Clos St-Jacques). Coming from a late-harvest, cool-climate Champagne vintage that yielded extraordinary phenolic structure and natural acidity, this 100% Pinot Noir cuvée was fully vinified in oak barrels and aged under cork before disgorgement. Univer...
Vintage 2013
The Champagne harvest 2013– late, but potentially outstanding
It has been another strange year for Champagne, starting with a cold, wet winter, followed by a gloomy, chilly spring with a lot of rain. Vine development started two weeks behind the ten-year average, and never made up for that lost time.
Along the way came a hot dry summer, boosting fruit quality thanks to the most sunshine ever recorded in Champagne in July and August.
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Average Bottle Price
| Year | Price | Change |
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| 2026 | 1 090€ | - |
| 2026 |
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| 1 090€ - |
This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.