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Bollinger Cuvee Brut Champagne

GSW Score

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Style
Sparkling wine
Size
750 ml
Region
Champagne
Shelf barcode
0864576000150
Bollinger Cuvee Brut Champagne bottle
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Our take

What we make of this bottle

In our September 2026 checks the lowest observed price was $42.99, and the name goes back a long way: Bollinger says its Champagne house was founded in 1829 in Aÿ, France, by Athanase de Villermont, Paul Renaudin and Jacques Bollinger. We do not have a shopper rating for this bottle.

Champagne is a protected French name. Regional guides explain that the name applies to wine made inside a growing area that French law fixed in 1927, so a bottle labeled Champagne came from that one part of France and nowhere else. Those guides also note that the region sits near the cold northern edge of where wine grapes will ripen, where cool weather helps the grapes hold their acidity. Champagne is usually blended across different grapes, vineyard plots, and even years.

Prices differed by store: in our September 2026 checks the highest we saw was $125.99. So the real choice comes down to this: do you want Champagne from the one place allowed to use the name, or will another sparkling wine do?

The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Sep 16, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.

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From the producer

Founding

Bollinger says its Champagne house was founded on February 6, 1829 in Ay, France, by Athanase de Villermont, Paul Renaudin and Jacques Bollinger.

Research status

What we are still checking

Our overview above draws on the dated store feed, shopper ratings, our region and grape research, and any sourced producer facts. We are still working to confirm the current release, the full producer record, and the bottle itself, and we update this page as we learn more.

Region guideChampagne

A little background helps this bottle make sense.

Getting to know Champagne.

Champagne is one appellation with many small vineyard plots and several distinct growing areas. Blending across grapes, places and years is common, so the producer and bottle still supply important detail.

The place

What the name means

Champagne is a protected French appellation whose production area was set by law in 1927. The name applies to wine made within that defined area under its rules.

Weather

How grapes grow here

Oceanic and continental influences meet near the northern edge of reliable grape growing. Moderate rain and cool conditions help retain acidity, while frost and storms remain regular risks.

Soil

What lies under the vines

The subsoil is mainly limestone, including chalk, marl and harder limestone, with some sand and clay. Chalk can drain freely while holding water in its pores for dry periods.

How large the region is

Vineyard area
About 34,200 hectares are in production.
Vineyard pattern
About 280,000 small plots are worked by more than 16,000 growers.

Places within the region

Four main areas
Montagne de Reims, Marne Valley, Côte des Blancs and Côte des Bar are the four principal wine-growing areas.
Villages
The delimited vineyard includes 319 wine-growing villages across five departments.

Where this information comes from

Store listing
Price, package, product identifier. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
Barcode
The shelf barcode shown here is computed from the store product identifier. It has not been checked against a bottle.
Method
Every price, rating and fact here is a dated observation. How we check.

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