2014 Bollinger La Grande Annee Rose, Champagne

The 2014 Rose La Grande Annee is airy, gracious and full of energy. Crushed rocks, white pepper, red berry, mint and blood orange lend striking aromatic intensity and presence. Finely cut and taut, the Rose is a nervy Champagne that needs time to come together, The Rose is blended from a base of the Blanc plus 5% still red Pinot from Bollinger’s Coteaux de Enfants vineyard in Ay.

Perhaps of its later disgorgement vis-à-vis the Blanc, the Rose is a bit tight today. Disgorged: August, 2021. Dosage: 8grams per liter.

97 points Antonio Galloni vinous.com Mar 2022 Drink 2024-2039

Disgorged with eight grams per liter dosage, Bollinger's 2014 Brut La Grande Année Rosé wafts from the glass with aromas of tangerine oil, red berries, warm biscuits and English walnuts. Full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, it's a broad, vinous Champagne, with a deep core of fruit and racy acids, complemented by a delicate pinpoint mousse and concluding with delicate and enlivening phenolic grip on the finish.

96 points William Kelley robertparker.com Mar 2022 Drink 2021-2045