Champagne Bollinger PN AYC Bouteille (75cl)
Le Champagne Bollinger PN AYC is a non-vintage white champagne from Maison Bollinger, produced in France's Champagne region. This Blanc de Noirs cuvee is crafted from 100% Pinot Noir, highlighting the Aÿ cru, complemented by villages from the Montagne de Reims including Tauxières and Verzenay. The blend incorporates reserve wines aged in magnums. Its cellaring on lees exceeds twice the minimum requirement set by the appellation, with a dosage of 6 g/l.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Bollinger
Founded in Aÿ in 1829, Bollinger is a Champagne house that has remained under family control. Its vineyards cover 179 hectares, spread across seven vineyard blocks, 85 per cent of which are classified as grands crus or premiers crus. Pinot Noir predominates here, and the house continues to vinify some of its wines in small oak barrels.
- Owner
- Société Jacques Bollinger (famille Bollinger)
- Surface (ha)
- 179.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 2 500 000 à 3 000 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The company Renaudin-Bollinger & Cie was founded in Aÿ on 6 February 1829 by Athanase de Villermont, Joseph (known as Jacques) Bollinger and Paul Renaudin. Athanase de Villermont contributed the land inherited from his family, whilst Joseph Bollinger took charge of marketing and Paul Renaudin of the cellar. Georges Bollinger, Jacques’s son, subsequently ran the company during the phylloxera crisis and the First World War. On Georges’s death in 1918, his son Jacques took over the management of the business, expanded the facilities and, notably, acquired vineyards in Tauxières. Following Jacques’s death in 1941, his wife Elisabeth Law de Lauriston-Boubers, known as Lily Bollinger, ran the house until 1971, through the war and the subsequent post-war recovery. Under her leadership, Bollinger expanded its international presence and, in 1967, launched the R.D. champagne, standing for ‘Récemment Dégorgé’ (recently disgorged). Claude d’Hautefeuille then took charge of the house from 1971, before Christian Bizot succeeded him in 1978; the latter formalising a charter of ethics and quality in 1992. Ghislain de Montgolfier took over as head of the house in 1994, followed by Jérôme Philipon, who became chairman in 2008 – the first non-family member to hold the position. Charles-Armand de Belenet was appointed managing director of Champagne Bollinger in 2017. The house remains part of the Bollinger Group, a family-owned group which also comprises other houses and estates.
PN AYC
PN AYC18 is the fourth edition of Bollinger PN, a non-vintage cuvée made exclusively from Pinot Noir. Its blend primarily highlights the cru of Aÿ, complemented in particular by Tauxières and Verzenay as well as reserve wines. It thus explores a specific expression of Champagne Pinot Noir without being a wine from a single plot.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- Codified name: "PN" designates Pinot Noir, "AYC" refers to Aÿ, the main cru in the blend, and "18" to the 2018 base year.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2023
- Style of the cuvée
- Vinous, deep, rich and ample Champagne, marked by the straightness and length associated by Bollinger with the Pinot Noirs of Aÿ, while retaining freshness and complexity.
- Position within the range
- Fourth edition of Bollinger PN, Blanc de Noirs integrated into the Maison's permanent range.
Histoire de la cuvée
Bollinger created the PN series to explore the different expressions of Pinot Noir based on a principal cru and a base year. Following a first interpretation PN VZ15 focused on Verzenay, PN AYC18 constitutes its fourth edition and the first dedicated primarily to Aÿ; its release is documented in 2023.
