Proprietors: Guy Bizot and Etienne Bizot
Director: Ghislain de Montgolfier
Director: Christian Bizot (deceased July 2002)
160 hectares

Housed in a small 18th century brick-and-stucco manor with a distinctive facade; a double staircase, lined with wrought-iron railings, curves up from the stone-paved courtyard to either side of the main entrance, above which is an ornate wrought-iron balcony. Solid traditional winemaking-a combination of grapes from grand cru and premier cru sites, and painstaking care in the cellars, including a commitment to aging in oak-have made pricey Bollinger champagnes consistently top-notch.

Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut
Bollinger Grande Année Brut
#11 of Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 1999
Bollinger “RD” (récemment dégorgé meaning the wine has been aged on its lees for seven to ten years creating a special intensity of flavor) Extra brut
Bollinger Vielles Vignes Françaises Blanc de Noirs Brut

Clos St. Jacques -Ay
Chaudes-Terres - Ay
Croix-Rouge - Bouzy
All three plots miraculously escaped the phylloxera scourge and are bottled as Vielle Vignes Françaises.

“I drink it when I’m happy and when I’, sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. when I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and I drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it-unless I’m thirsty.” Madame Lily Bollinger