Bollinger Special Cuvee Brut

Once the harvest has finished, Bollinger's blending decisions are not made until January. The Special Cuvee blend is an optimum version of the classic Champagne blend, using a number of different grapes from a particular yearfrom a dide selection of crus, plus the inclusion of older, reserve wines. This blend necessarily incorporates subtle variations each year whilst remaining consistent to a style. For this reason, it is the most difficult of all Bollinger to make. It contains the full expression of the Bollinger style and the House feels it should be judged on this - its benchmark wine.

The denomination Special Cuvee was created in 1911. The idea came from William Folks, then partner of the illustrious London House of Mentzendorff. This great wine lover felt it was an insult to simply call this great wine "non vintage". The suggestion of naming it "Special Cuvee" was immediately approved by Monsieur Bollinger.

A blend par excellence, the Special Cuvee is the purest expression of the Bollinger style; of its craftsmanship and its singular conception of what a champagne should be. It is, therefore, on this wine that the House of Bollinger shows how it is different from other Champagne Houses, asserts its qualitative policy and by which it asks to be judged.