2012 Bollinger, Grande Annee
With bold aromas of white flowers, brioche and cherry, the palate has a fine citrus thread holding together the rich toast flavours and hints of truffle and oak. Powerful and complex yet with real verve.
2012 Bollinger, Grande Annee
With bold aromas of white flowers, brioche and cherry, the palate has a fine citrus thread holding together the rich toast flavours and hints of truffle and oak. Powerful and complex yet with real verve.
| Producer | Bollinger |
|---|---|
| Region | Champagne |
| Country | France |
| Grape Variety | Champagne Blend |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Colour | White |
| ABV | 12.00% |
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Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Disgorged in July 2019, Bollinger’s 2012 Brut La Grande Année is showing well, offering up an incipiently complex bouquet of crisp yellow orchard fruit, fresh peach, orange oil, toasted walnuts and dried apricot that’s still quite reserved with less than a year on cork. Full-bodied, deep and muscular, the 2012 is blockier and broader-shouldered than its 2008 predecessor, with a weightier and even more concentrated palate built around a bright spine of acidity, concluding with a chalky finish that carries appreciably dry extract. This isn’t quite as elegant as the exquisite 2008, but it is a superb effort and obviously built to age.
95 Points / Drinking 2024 - 2050
By William Kelley / March 2020
Vinous
The 2012 Grande Année is vibrant and wonderfully nuanced. Citrus peel, orchard fruit, brioche, dried flowers and chamomile are all finely knit in a Grand Année built on energy and persistence more than size. Readers will find a restrained Grand Année in 2012. There is plenty of the textural richness that is such a signature of the house style, but I am also struck by the wine's freshness. Best of all, the 2012 will drink well right out of the gate. It is quite expressive today, even in the early going.
94 Points / Drinking 2020 - 2030
By Antonio Galloni / December 2019
Vinous
The 2012 Grande Année is vibrant and wonderfully nuanced. Citrus peel, orchard fruit, brioche, dried flowers and chamomile are all finely knit in a Grand Année built on energy and persistence more than size. Readers will find a restrained Grand Année in 2012. There is plenty of the textural richness that is such a signature of the house style, but I am also struck by the wine's freshness. Best of all, the 2012 will drink well right out of the gate. It is quite expressive today, even in the early going.
94 Points / Drinking 2020 - 2030
By Antonio Galloni / August 2020