Bollinger Champagne Extra Brut R.D. [3rd Disgorgement] 2008 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP Besides meat the mezcaleros also

Besides meat the mezcaleros also add a mix of fruits and often herbs

red-fruited Pinot that Clouet reins in with bright acidity and minerality

in a copita rather than a shot glass

Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks and subsequent ageing in large oak barrels for about seven months

which face south

Bollinger Champagne Extra Brut R.D. [3rd Disgorgement] 2008 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP Besides meat the mezcaleros alsoBollinger 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