Bollinger Rose Champagne | 75 cl

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Founded in 1829 by Joseph Bollinger, from Swabia in Germany, and Champenois native Paul Renaudin, the business was soon in a position to expand and seek new markets. In so doing, Bollinger became the first house to export dry Champagne to Britain, in 1865, earning a royal Warrant in the process. They began exporting to the United States in 1870. It depends on the length of the journey, of course, as Labour’s Diane Abbott found when she was spotted one evening in 2019, drinking a ready-mixed mojito on an Overground train through her north London constituency. It didn’t help that Abbott was then Shadow Home Secretary, and drinking had been illegal on Transport for London services since 2008. It was banned across the network by the then-London mayor, Boris Johnson.

Renowned for consistently fantastic quality, Bollinger Special Cuvée is an elegant champagne that is sure to make your evening special. This champagne house has been refining their techniques since 1829, using the unique chalky soil of their vineyards to produce high quality Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes. Known affectionately in the UK as "Bolly", this brand has become a firm favourite and is sure to bring a touch of class to every occasion. The Gift of Good TasteBollinger is a well renowned Champagne brand whose vineyards can be found in the Ay region of France. This is nestled in the Champagne region, well known across the world for providing delicious and refreshing drinks. The grapes grown here and used in this Champagne are majority Pinot Noir, as well as Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Fruity Notes Its rich, even weighty Champagnes owe something of their luxurious flavour to the vines and their care, to the predominance of pinot noir in the blends, and to the barrel fermentation and extended lees ageing the wines undergo.

In 1818, this Grande Dame broke with tradition and re-created the process of making rosé champagne. Before, it was made by adding an elderberry-based mixture into white champagne. Madame Clicquot had a bold vision in which color, taste, and aromas were vital to the quality of the wine. She had vines in the Bouzy region of Champagne where she made her own red wine, and she decided to blend this with her still white wines.” The result was a rosé champagne with unique complexity and lasting popularity.saw the choice of the first chairman of the business to come from outside the family in the form of a native of Champagne, Jérôme Philipon, who worked previously for Coca Cola. The standards that have made the house of Bollinger what it is today remain firmly in place. So too did the spread of miniature wine bottles from planes to trains (it’s not really drinking if it’s that small, is it?) and the advent of M&S gin-in-a-tin. Long before Fleabag’s hot priest further popularised these potent pop-tops, a pre-mixed drink in a can had already become the acceptable way to wind down on the commute home, or to ease one’s way into a weekend in the country. It put the gin in ‘engine’, or vice versa. Bollinger is one of very few Champagne houses to grow the majority of the grapes they use. All the vineyards are farmed sustainably, employing methods designed to increase biodiversity, even down to planting hedgerows and orchards.