Bollinger Champagne Extra Brut R.D. [3rd Disgorgement] 2008 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP complexity

complexity

in a copita rather than a shot glass

It’s smooth for sipping

Reserve wines are aged in both oak barrels and stainless steel

Bollinger Champagne Extra Brut R.D. [3rd Disgorgement] 2008 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP complexityBollinger is one of the rare grandes marques producing Champagne at the level of the finest growers bold, powerful, luxurious, and unmistakably itself. R. D. stands for Recemment Degorge: the same base wine as the Grande Annee, but held on its lees for vastly longer before disgorgement. This is the 3rd disgorgement of the 2008 meaning the wine spent roughly seventeen years on lees, an extraordinary stretch even by Bollinger's standards. The blend