Bollinger Champagne Extra Brut R.D. [3rd Disgorgement] 2008 PURYEARSALE then left on the lees

then left on the lees through the winter

Sophisticated

Chateau Chasse-Spleen sits at the very top of the unclassified Médoc tier — a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel that consistently overdelivers against classed growths

From the producer: All the know-how of our firm is revealed in its ability to reproduce each year a blend which is consistent in style and in quality

The result is an orange wine with real lift

Bollinger Champagne Extra Brut R.D. [3rd Disgorgement] 2008 PURYEARSALE then left on the leesBollinger is one of the rare grandes marques producing Champagne at the level of the finest growers bold, powerful, luxurious, and unmistakably itself. R. D. stands for Recemment Degorge: the same base wine as the Grande Annee, but held on its lees for vastly longer before disgorgement. This is the 3rd disgorgement of the 2008 meaning the wine spent roughly seventeen years on lees, an extraordinary stretch even by Bollinger's standards. The blend