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2002 Grande Année Rosé,
Bollinger
From the fact that they vinify their wines in wood to
Madame Lily Bollinger’s celebrated quote ref
the moments when she preferred to take a glass of
champagne (for those not “in the loop” on
this one, here’s the quote: “I drink it
when I am happy and when I am sad. Sometimes I drink
it when I am alone. When I have company, I consider
it obligatory. I trifle with it if I am not hungry,
and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it
– unless I am thirsty."), Bollinger is in every
way at the forefront of the region where it produces
its wine.
Sadly, the English taste is to drink champagne on its
own; I say sadly, as Bollinger is the archetypal
champagne to enjoy with food, being very dry and with
that oxidative character.
Occasionally one tastes a wine and thinks to oneself,
“I would happily drink a glass of this every
day for the rest of my time on earth. And sometimes
I’d like more than one glass.” Such was
the case with the 2002 Grande Année Rosé.
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