1000 bollinger, pn vz16, champagne

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Why We're Buying

Prepare for a glorious deep dive into terroir. The Bollinger PN VZ16 is the second interpretation of a new series that highlights Bollinger pinot noir. Each year, the cuvée changes in order to express the uniqueness of the vintage and terroir. With the 2016 iteration, that meant putting the village of Verzenay front and center. Grapes from Verzenay accounted for 50 of the cuvée. The grand cru vineyard contributed boldness, density, and structure to the body. Meanwhile, the premier crus of Avenay and Tauxières accounted for the remaining 50, adding balance and depth. Anyone who is fond of Blanc de Noirs will want Bollinger PN VZ16 for their portfolio. Wine critic Jancis Robinson praised it as “a worthy successor to the 2015.” Additionally, Antonio Galloni heralded it as “incredibly appealing” and “wonderfully inviting.

Critics Scores

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Disgorged in January 2021, Bollinger's newly released NV Brut Blanc de Noirs PN VZ16 offers up notions of pear, apple blossom, jasmine, orange zest and fresh pastry. Medium to full-bodied, precise and elegantly vinous, it's layered and charming, with racy acids and a pretty pinpoint mousse, and it concludes with a sapid finish. It's based on the 2016 vintage, complemented by older reserve wines matured in magnum, and derives, once again, largely from the village of Verzenay.

Wine Spectator

Seamlessly knit and graceful, offering a lovely range of ripe cherry and nectarine fruit, with notes of slivered almond, orange blossom and fleur de sel slowly expanding on the palate via the finely detailed mousse and carried through the long, lacy finish by fine chinalike acidity.

Wine Enthusiast

Bollinger is famed for its Pinot Noir vineyards and this single-vineyard Champagne from the Grand Cru village of Verzenay is proof. It is intense, rich with mature fruits and the typical house style of toast mingled with almond.

Decanter

Produced exclusively from vineyards owned by Bollinger, this takes advantage of the dynamic equilibrium between the structured, robust Pinot Noir grape and a terroir that is late-ripening. Picking began on 25 September and delivered a wine with plenty of concentration and impressive freshness and balance, with expressive green apple fruit accented with notes of toast and smoke and a creamy, supple, and open texture.