By Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 92
Bollinger's NV Brut Special Cuvée is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier, and the grapes are mostly (more than 85%) sourced in Grand Cru and Premier Cru villages. The majority of the Special Cuvée is reserve wines, part of which have been aged in magnums for five to 15 years. The disgorgement I tasted in May 2018 displays an intense golden-citrus color and has a refreshing, concentrated bouquet of citrus fruits, sweet cherries, ripe apples, white flowers, toast, walnuts, ripe apricots and peaches, with just a touch of brioche. On the palate, this is an intense, very elegant and refined cuvée with a very long, refreshing, intense, aromatic and salty finish. This is an excellent Champagne with a beautiful chalky texture in the aftertaste.
Wine Spectator 93
Lovely aromas and flavors of ripe black cherry and currant fruit, graphite, toast and candied Meyer lemon zest are set in this racy Champagne, with a refined, finely detailed mousse. The mouthwatering finish is long and spicy.
提到 Bollinger，它那獨樹一格的釀造方法，讓眾多的香檳迷們魂牽夢縈，豐郁的口感，香木桶陳年的香氣，以及Pinot Noir為主的風味，奠定了Bollinger 在香檳世界霸主的地位。 Bollinger如此的風格正吸引了英國人的味蕾，從1884年維多利亞女王就已經成為Bollinger的忠實愛好者，給予了皇室的授權標章，一直到二十世紀的伊利莎白女王仍舊指定 Bollinger為皇室指定用酒。除了皇室外，所有影迷如雷貫耳的007情報員James Bond一直視 Bollinger為最適合與美女共享的佳釀。
