Bollinger, La Grande Année Brut 2015 vs Frerejean Frères, VV26 Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut NV
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Frerejean Frères, VV26 Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut NV currently starts £5.90 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £130.60 | £124.70 |
| Current stockists | 2 merchants | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Bollinger | Frerejean Frères |
| Style | Sparkling | Sparkling |
| Grape | Chardonnay, Pinot Noir | Chardonnay |
| Country | France | — |
| ABV | 12.5% | — |
| Sweetness | Dry | Dry |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Bollinger, La Grande Année Brut 2015
Having received a glowing 96 points from Antonio Galloni and Tyson Stelzer, Bolly has once again knocked it out the park and produced a worthy successor to the best-selling 2014. The house style of Bollinger tends towards richness and power, so in a warm vintage like 2015 the emphasis was on preserving balance and freshness in the wine, and they have very much succeeded. La Grande Année is the embodiment of the carefully preserved traditional expertise of the Bollinger Champagne House. The wine is therefore exclusively vinified in small aged oak barrels. Champagne Bollinger has never abandoned this traditional craft method, which helps develop aromas of great finesse. After a prolonged ageing on its lees, even today every bottle of La Grande Année is riddled and disgorged by hand.
Frerejean Frères, VV26 Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut NV
Frerejean Frères brings precision and elegance to their VV26 Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, a pure Chardonnay expression from the chalk slopes of Champagne's most prestigious villages. This is Champagne that speaks of place rather than producer ego - all citrus tension and mineral backbone, with the kind of fine mousse that makes you pause mid-conversation. Based on 2012 with 2008 and 2009 as reserve wines, this is a gastronomic tour de force, with breadth, depth and terrific length, complexity and harmony, and capacity for longer-term cellaring (though it is GORGEOUS right now).
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