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Bollinger La Grande Annee 1985

750 ml Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier Champagne, France 1985

Bollinger La Grande Annee 1985 is a dry, full-bodied sparkling from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier (Champagne, France), in the sparkling style. Acidity is fresh; oak influence is little. Good with roast chicken, salmon, creamy pasta, duck. Listed at £405.00 by Hedonism Wines, who say it is out of stock; that is the last price, not an offer.

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£405.00
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Taste profile
inferred · confidence 0.5
sweetness
1 / 5
dry
Chardonnay + Pinot Noir prior
body
4 / 5
full
Chardonnay + Pinot Noir prior
acidity
4 / 5
fresh
Chardonnay + Pinot Noir prior
oak
2 / 5
little
Chardonnay + Pinot Noir prior
Estimates by WineGenie, not the merchant's or a critic's words. Built from the grape's typical profile, the appellation, terms in the name and the merchant's description. How this works.
Facts
Style
Sparkling
rules-v1
Colour
Sparkling
merchant feed
Origin
Champagne · Champagne · France
inferred from Champagne
Grapes
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
merchant feed
ABV
not stated by merchant
Farming
not stated
Vegan
not stated
Critic score
none
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Drinking window
not stated
Decant
not stated
Food
inferred from grape and style
Occasions
celebration · aperitif · wedding · gift · special occasion
inferred
About Chardonnay
Typical aromas: green apple, lemon, wet stone (cool); peach, melon, pineapple (warm). Serve at 8–12 °C. Grape page.
knowledge base
Typical for Chardonnay · knowledge base
Sweetness
bone dryluscious
dry · 1/5
Body
lightfull
medium · 3/5
Acidity
lowhigh
fresh · 4/5
Oak
noneheavy
some · 3/5
Alcohol
lowhigh
moderate · 3/5
Typical for the variety; not a measurement of this bottle.
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Merchant's description

Bollinger Grande Année 1985 is a prestige-cuvée vintage Champagne produced by the house of Bollinger in Äy. Bollinger is a name synonymous with sophistication and quality in Champagne. In 1976, the maison`s vintage Champagne was renamed Grande Année, becoming La Grande Année (with the `La ` prefix) in 1997. "This pristine bottle of Bollinger`s 1985 La Grande Année was showing brilliantly, wafting from the glass with a complex bouquet of smoky yellow orchard fruit, walnuts, fino sherry and mocha. On the palate, it`s full-bodied, broad and powerful, with a more than vestigial pinpoint mousse, ripe acids and a deep but open-knit core, underpinned by racy acids and concluding with a long, gently oxidative finish. This is a classic Bollinger that`s in its prime from well-stored bottles." Wine Advocate, 2020

Other vintages of Bollinger La Grande Annee we list
1979£660.001988£430.001989£375.0019901992£325.001996£315.002004£150.002007£150.002008£200.002015£140.00
The same wine in a different year. Vintages differ; our taste profile is derived per vintage only where the merchant's text differs.
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