Bollinger, La Grande Année Brut 2018 vs JOLIVETTES Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Champagne Nicolas Maillart 2018
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. JOLIVETTES Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Champagne Nicolas Maillart 2018 currently starts £1.55 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £97.50 | £95.95 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Bollinger | — |
| Style | Sparkling | Sparkling |
| Grape | Chardonnay, Pinot Noir | Pinot Noir |
| Region | — | Champagne |
| ABV | — | 12.5% |
| Sweetness | Dry | — |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Bollinger, La Grande Année Brut 2018
La Grande Année is Bollinger's prestige cuvée, and the 2018 is one of the most compelling releases in years. Bollinger have always been the Champenois who play by their own rules: high Pinot Noir content, fermentation in old oak barrels, extended ageing on lees, and the 2018 vintage gave them exceptional raw material to work with. A warm, generous growing season delivered ripe, structured fruit without sacrificing the house's signature grip and weight. This is Champagne with genuine backbone - the Honest Grapes team were absolutely blown away when tasting the wine at the estate. Even better, it comes in at 15% less than the previous Grande Année release. Bravo to the Bollinger team!
JOLIVETTES Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Champagne Nicolas Maillart 2018
Certified sustainable (HVE). 100% Pinot Noir from Bouzy, a mass-selection vineyard planted in 1987. Vinified in oak barrels and aged on fine lees before secondary fermentation. Unfiltered, unfined. Dosage 1 g/l. Disgorged August 2022. 3,540 bottles and 62 magnums produced. Smells like biting into a ripe apple in the orchard. Grass, rain, wild flowers, blackcurrants, cassis, blackcurrant bud, tarragon. Singing like a robin at dawn. There is something somehow 'naked' about this wine – it's filigree and transparent. Like soft summer rain on rose petals and old stone walls just after dawn. Effortless, mesmerising beauty.
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