CRITIC REVIEWS
William Kelley
Disgorged on July 10, 2020, with three grams per liter dosage, Bollingers eagerly awaited 2007 Extra-Brut R. D. is beautiful, unwinding in the glass with aromas of crisp orchard fruit, citrus pith and white flowers mingled with hints of honey, orange oil, buttery pastry, English walnuts and delicately spicy bass notes. Full-bodied, vibrant and incisive, its unusually elegant and structurally fine-boned for what is routinely one of Champagnes more muscular tête de cuvées, with a bright spine of acidity thats cloaked in vibrant, concentrated fruit, complemented by a pearly pinpoint mousse and concluding with an intensely sapid finish. Long and penetrating, this is a tightly coiled R. D. that will reward bottle age.
Jancis Robinson
The first wine served at the light dinner on the night before the Vega Sicilia extravaganza. Notes are perforce relatively brief. Rich and mushroomy in Bollinger style on the nose with a notably dry finish. I think I might stand a good chance of identifying this wine blind…