Bollinger PN VZ 19 Pinot Noir Champagne bottle from 2019 vintage with black label and gold accents
Bollinger PN VZ 19
Bollinger PN VZ 19 Pinot Noir Champagne bottle from 2019 vintage with black label and gold accents
Bollinger PN VZ 19
Bollinger

Bollinger PN VZ 19

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Bollinger PN VZ 19 – A Pinot Noir Champagne from the Outstanding 2019 Vintage

The fifth edition of Bollinger’s prestigious Blanc de Noirs series,PN VZ 19, is a masterful expression of Pinot Noir from one of Champagne’s top vintages. This cuvée delivers an aromatic profile of red apples, dried apricots, raspberries, gooseberries, and orange peel, complemented by a smoky spice that partly reflects its partial ageing in oak barrels. Concentrated and impressively mineral, the wine’s structure is powerful yet refined, with a balanced acidity that is remarkable for the warm 2019 vintage

Compared to the AYC 18, the PN VZ 19 is still somewhat closed and will benefit from a few more years in the cellar. Its immense class is already evident, but the drinking pleasure will only increase with time.

Blend and Terroir


PN VZ 19 is based on the 2019 vintage, but half of the blend consists of older reserve wines, going back as far as 2009.The cuvée is dominated by Pinot Noir from Verzenay, a Grand Cru site famed for fresh, mineral-driven wines, while grapes from Aÿ, Avenay, Louvois, Mutigny, and Tauxières add further depth. These terroirs in the southern Montagne de Reims and the Marne Valley are celebrated for producing ripe, concentrated Pinot Noirs


Style and Winemaking


The acidity of 2019 is not particularly high, but the PN VZ 19 stands out for its pronounced mineral extract, with reserve wines contributing to its overall freshness and balance. The wine is matured for about five years in Bollinger’s cellars, with a moderate dosage of 6g/l, allowing the fruit and terroir to shine

The PN series is the result of Denis Brunner’s efforts to modernise the Bollinger style. While concentration and body remain hallmarks, there is now a greater focus on freshness and minerality, with a more restrained oxidative character. Some newer oak has been used with moderationThe use of oak barrels has been carefully moderated, adding subtle spice and smoky notes to the wine.


Conclusion


It doesn’t always have to be Grande Année. Laying down a few bottles of PN VZ 19 is a wise choice for collectors. For immediate enjoyment, PN VZ 15 and AYC 18 are excellent alternatives.

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Bollinger PN VZ 19 – A Pinot Noir Champagne from the Outstanding 2019 Vintage

The fifth edition of Bollinger’s prestigious Blanc de Noirs series,PN VZ 19, is a masterful expression of Pinot Noir from one of Champagne’s top vintages. This cuvée delivers an aromatic profile of red apples, dried apricots, raspberries, gooseberries, and orange peel, complemented by a smoky spice that partly reflects its partial ageing in oak barrels. Concentrated and impressively mineral, the wine’s structure is powerful yet refined, with a balanced acidity that is remarkable for the warm 2019 vintage

Compared to the AYC 18, the PN VZ 19 is still somewhat closed and will benefit from a few more years in the cellar. Its immense class is already evident, but the drinking pleasure will only increase with time.

Blend and Terroir


PN VZ 19 is based on the 2019 vintage, but half of the blend consists of older reserve wines, going back as far as 2009.The cuvée is dominated by Pinot Noir from Verzenay, a Grand Cru site famed for fresh, mineral-driven wines, while grapes from Aÿ, Avenay, Louvois, Mutigny, and Tauxières add further depth. These terroirs in the southern Montagne de Reims and the Marne Valley are celebrated for producing ripe, concentrated Pinot Noirs


Style and Winemaking


The acidity of 2019 is not particularly high, but the PN VZ 19 stands out for its pronounced mineral extract, with reserve wines contributing to its overall freshness and balance. The wine is matured for about five years in Bollinger’s cellars, with a moderate dosage of 6g/l, allowing the fruit and terroir to shine

The PN series is the result of Denis Brunner’s efforts to modernise the Bollinger style. While concentration and body remain hallmarks, there is now a greater focus on freshness and minerality, with a more restrained oxidative character. Some newer oak has been used with moderationThe use of oak barrels has been carefully moderated, adding subtle spice and smoky notes to the wine.


Conclusion


It doesn’t always have to be Grande Année. Laying down a few bottles of PN VZ 19 is a wise choice for collectors. For immediate enjoyment, PN VZ 15 and AYC 18 are excellent alternatives.

Ratings

Richard Juhlin champagneclub.com 95 (93) Unsurprisingly, the 2019 base year with its richness once again received mineral-influenced Verzenay (40%) as the base terroir when Aÿ produced slightly too rich wines. The reserve wines on the magnum [all reserve wines are matured in magnum] once again go all the way down to the tasty 2009 vintage all from Verzenay. Aÿ, Louvois, Bisseuil, Avenay, Tours-sur-Marne, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Mutigny stand for the background chords. Currently, the champagne charms through its complex and youthfully energetic bouquet of peach peel, gooseberry, cox orange apples, sea buckthorn, geranium and marigolds. The texture is at the same time softly ripe and velvety. The breadth of flavours is magnificently orchestrated and each new sip brings additional aromas at hand. The potential alcohol content was record high from the start especially in Aÿ with 11.1 % straight away and Denis, just like me, sees great similarities between 2015 and 2019, but where the sharpness and freshness is better in 2019. It is not the acidity but rather the mineral salt that gives the freshness together with the sense of umami the concentrated grapes give. Here there is a swirl of exotic fruit and honey, but also a dry smokiness that I've learned to associate with the cluster of aromas that transforms over time into the note of railway on a hot summer's day. It might sound fuzzy, but it actually makes perfect sense. The combination of heated rail, dry gravel, dandelions and nettles that thrive in the embankment gives a concentrated warm dryness that is strongly reminiscent of the character the grapes acquire when the temperature crosses the vine's pain point on a few hot summer days. 41 degrees in the shade was a heat record in Champagne and especially a lot of shade, the vineyards in Champagne cannot boast of so the effect is reminiscent of that which arose in 1947, 1959, 1976 and 2003. Hence this aroma albeit less marked in 2019. Let's see if I'm right in 10 years when I expect that "the famous note of Railroad track" will appear in this beauty. PN VZ19 is tasted with great pleasure and intellectual challenge straight away, but personally, as usual, I will wait as long as I can before opening my own bottles to get the increasing depth of butter-fried cepp and toasted hazelnut aromas that only aging can provide.
Fact sheet

750 mL

12.5

Champagne

Pinot noir

Sulphites

  • Brut

France

Champagne Bollinger, 16 Rue Jules Lobet, 51160 Ay, Frankreich

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