‘An age-defying beauty’

Essi Avellan MW introduces the hotly anticipated Bollinger R.D. 2008, a fitting wine to mark the baton exchange from the late Gilles Descôtes to Bollinger’s incoming chef de cave, Denis Bunner.

This week sees the release of the much-awaited Bollinger R.D. 2008, the longer lees-aged version of the house’s celebrated La Grande Année cuvée. Eagerly anticipated due to the hugely hyped 2008 vintage, this cuvée remains one of the very last of that vintage’s wines to be released.

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