The true essence of Bollinger is found in the Special Cuvée. This wine is known as “brut without vintage date”, the traditional style of champagne, made up of batches of wines from different years. The name of Bollinger's emblematic champagne, with its English spelling, encapsulates its entire history. It was Georges Bollinger's British agent who, in 1911, named it "Special Cuvée", as he felt that the expression previously used did not suit a champagne of such subtlety. More than a century later, the name of the champagne emblematic of Bollinger's expertise still encapsulates its entire history.