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Champagne disgorgement: it’s all in the timing

The release of Bollinger's RD 2002 in the same month as Billecart-Salmon's Nicolas François Billecart 2002 has reignited the discussion over the best time to disgorge Champagne. Tyson Stelzer reports...

Champagne disgorgement: it’s all in the timing

Mature Champagne is a wonderful indulgence, but are late-disgorged cuvées (often written as récemment dégorgé or RD on bottles) simply an excuse for Champagne houses to add a hefty premium to their already pricey prestige cuvées?

Tyson Stelzer’s top late-disgorged Champagnes:

 

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