Bollinger Brut Rosé Champagne La Grande Année 2015

97 points Wine Spectator: "[$307 list] Like a racing spinnaker, this is tightly trimmed yet voluminous in character. Toasty notes of roasted almond and vanilla wafer are deftly integrated with sun-dried black cherry, baked peach, blood orange sorbet and candied ginger flavors, all well-defined by racy acidity and a subtle streak of salinity. This is long and fragrant, with pain d'épices, graphite and tea rose notes playing on the finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Disgorged February 2024. Drink now through 2040. (11/30/24)"

95-97 points Essi Avellan, MW: "Born from the addition of five percent of La Côte aux Enfants red wine into the white La Grande Année blend, this fine rosé delights with its sweet fruity appeal of freshly crushed strawberries, apricot tart, candied fruit and orange peel. Rather fruit-forward and highly youthful for the time being, there is much more aromatic complexity to surface over time. The fine quality of the red wine of the year can be sensed on the palate, where the tannin structure feels firm but extremely elegant. Its mouthfeel is juicy with an attractive rounding oiliness to the texture. The wine is free of the common vegetal austerity of the year, instead it shows the richness and deliciousness of its sun-kissed harvest year. The fine fruit quality and seductively silky tannin structure ensure its great ageworthiness. (Mar 2024)"

96 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "Bollinger's 2015 Brut La Grande Année Rosé was disgorged in May last year with seven grams per liter dosage. Offering up deep aromas of orchard fruits, blood orange, mandarin rind and peach mingled with nuances of coffee, praline and fino sherry, it's medium to full-bodied, pillowy and layered, with a broad attack that segues into a vinous palate framed by high levels of structuring dry extract that makes its presence felt on the sapid, nutty and penetrating finish. Given the skin maturity and inherent structure of the year, the Bollinger team elected to include only 4.5% of still red wine in the blend, a comparatively low percentage. Drink: 2024-2045. (3/29/24)"

96 points Tyson Stelzer (The Champagne Guide): "(tasted in 2024 in Australia; La Grande Année 2015 with 4.5-5% La Côte aux Enfants pinot noir red wine, a low proportion for La Grande Année Rosé since it was so ripe; 60% pinot noir, more from the northern Montagne de Reims than the southern in order to uphold freshness: 26% Verzenay, 21% Aÿ, 8% Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, 5% Verzy; 40% chardonnay: 8% Avize, 8% Chouilly, 7% Cuis and 3.5% Le Mesnil-sur-Oger (‘we would have liked more Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, but we only have two growers here and no estate vineyards’) for their minerality and freshness, contrasting with the richness of 5% Cramant, 6% Oiry and 3% Vertus; 100% fermented in old oak barrels; full malolactic fermentation; tiraged under cork; 7g/L dosage; disgorged July 2023; cork). Such is the presence of less than five percent La Côte aux Enfants pinot noir red wine that pinot noir always sings with stronger voice in La Grande Année Rosé than it does in La Grande Année. While the fleshy and voluptuous mood of ripe, south-facing pinot noir is very much the vibe of Bollinger and the expectation in a season as warm and generous as 2015, Gilles Descôtes has worked his marvellous touch in drawing out its more fine-boned, structured and crunchy side in red apple, strawberry hull and white cherries. It’s confidently backed with all the depth of Bollinger in plum liqueur, sarsaparilla, fresh liquorice, and all the creamy and toasty allure of barrel fermentation and seven years lees age under cork. Its medium to full crimson hue is shot with a copper tint. The phenolic grip of the season is masterfully melded with finely hewn tannins and the crystalline chalk mineral vitality of Champagne’s finest grand crus. Like its white counterpart, this is a vintage for protein pairings, and will appreciate a few more years on cork to meld and soften. (2024)"

96 points Audrey Frick (JebDunnuck.com): "The same blend as the Blanc but including 5% red wine from their La Côte aux Enfants parcel, the 2015 Champagne La Grande Année Brut Rosé is a lovely wine on the nose, and I think I might like it more than the Blanc in this vintage. Offering aromas of raspberry preserve and crushed roses, the structure really comes together and feels more harmonious in this vintage, with its pithy structure balanced by more fleshy stone fruit on the finish. It also has notes of nectarine to balance out the more savory style that finishes the wine. It’s very well-integrated and long, with a more refined, stony texture. A very lovely wine that I would jump to purchase, it’s going to drink well over the coming 20 years. (12/20/24)"

96 points La Revue du Vin de France: "Its rosé alter ego (La Grande Année Rosé) is deep, with plenty of structure, a fresh, floral Morello cherry character, held together by a beautiful autolytic patina, a lush mouthfeel and, as always, great persistence. (2025)"

95 points Jim Gordon (JamesSuckling.com): "This elegant, medium-bodied rosé includes select plots of pinot noir from the Cote Aux Enfants vineyard. It shows a medium orange-amber color, dark cherry-skin and candied-plum aromas followed by vivid strawberry and blood-orange flavors. Marked by finesse, light but very flavorful, complex and layered. Drink or hold. (3/22/24)"

95 points Bettane & Desseauve Guide (2025).

94 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "The 2015 Brut Grand Année Rosé is quite open in its aromatics but much more reticent on the palate. It's a Champagne that is going to need some time to be at its finest. Chalk, white pepper, grapefruit, blood orange and mint lend notable presence in the bouquet. Today, the 2015 comes across as a touch ethereal and also quite different in overall feel than the Blanc. Dosage is 7 grams per liter. Disgorged: July 2023. Drink: 2027-2034. (Mar 2024)"

93 points Tom Hewson (Decanter): "This rosé has much in common with the forward, bold release of La Grande Année blanc, as the wines share 95% of their blend. The 5% red wine from La Côte aux Enfants that goes into this rosé, though, adds a light touch of red apple, strawberry and rosehip, playing on some of the bay leaf spice in the blend while adding an extra dose of structure and apple skin bite on the palate. This is a structured but engaging rosé that could promise its best – and reveal a little more of its creamy, nougat richness - with further ageing. 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay from the Montagne de Reims, Grande Vallée de la Marne and Côte des Blancs, with 5% red Pinot Noir addition, all fermented in small oak barrels and disgorged in May 2023 after seven years on lees. Drinking Window: 2025-2034. (3/22/24)"