Perhaps both we and James should wait about ten years until the wine has reached its peak and completely integrated its enormous fruit with the notes from the barrels, but the wine is already magnificent with its deep ripe aroma of Gravenstein apples backed by fresh wooden notes from a newly installed Finnish sauna decorated with fresh birch twigs. This Bond champagne shows that I was right since the similarities are striking. I have long argued that the greatness of the wine has less to do with the vines being pre-phylloxera than that they come from Aÿ's best locations aged in Bollinger's old oak barrels. As you might know, Bollinger's ungrafted rarity Vieilles Vignes Françaises comes from Aÿ. The decision, in the usually somewhat thin vintage of 2011, to use Pinot Noir exclusively from the home village of Aÿ with its mighty fruit is nothing short of brilliant. An exclusive "Limited Edition" of the most delicious performance imaginable, where one in the sober text on the elegant bottle can discern the film titles in which Bond indulged in the Aÿ based house's unique elixir of life. “Then it was time for the good James to enjoy one of the most magnificent champagnes in the 25th Bond film. The added bonus is that there will be magnums for the very first time” The carry is long and seamless with pure, fruity, palate-cleansing finishing notions. Tannins are beautifully low-key yet the wine has beautiful structure to it. Crisp by nature for sure, it isn’t too acidity driven due to that richness filling the mid-palate. Billecart have for the first time used some oak barrels in the crafting of this cuvée (17%), which surely has aided in creating this appetising fleshiness, silkiness and caressing creaminess on the palate. Still the most gorgeous feature of this cuvée is the phenomenally creamy texture. Age-derived complexity comes across in the form of spices, liquorice, and even leather, once given proper time in the glass to fully express itself. There is lots of delicious primary fruit like red cherry, strawberry, baked peach, lemon and blood orange. Almost two years of post-disgorgement time have ensured such openness and generosity.
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“The colour is invitingly glossy salmon pink and the nose full of charms. To mark the year of the house’s founding, just 1,818 magnums were made, along with 18 Jeroboams. A smoky mineral note and bright acidity offer real refreshment through the long finish, and while drinking beautifully now, it has the structure to last and will improve with age. There's an elegant mousse with very fine, fast-streaming bubbles and powerful, juicy flavours of baking spices, praline, and tart apples. It has a hugely expressive nose of red apple, nougat and citrus, with the hallmark ‘old rose’ fragrance from Clos St-Hilaire. Exceptional reserve wines from 2000, 2003, 20 were vinified half in steel and half in old oak casks, with a dosage of 4.5g/l, making it an extra brut style. From 92% Pinot Noir, 4% Chardonnay and 4% Pinot Meunier, this is a blend of eight grands crus from the Côte des Blancs and Montagne de Reims, including the 1ha Pinot Noir vineyard of Le Clos St-Hilaire in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. “ This new wine was made to ‘capture the essence of Billecart-Salmon', according to seventh generation owner Mathieu Roland-Billecart. Chateau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande.