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Bruno Paillard
N.P.U.
2008
4.3
Region
France › Champagne › Montagne de Reims › Champagne AOC
Type
white · traditional · sparkling · extra-brut
Grapes
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
Alcohol
12%
Volume
750 mL
Dosage
3.8 g/L
Disgorged
2019-04
On lees
120 months (10 years)
Tasting Notes(1)
4.3
A bit restrained yet nuanced bouquet of pear, bread, cinnamon, dried fruit, white flowers and green hazelnut. Medium-bodied, it's sharp and focused with racy acidity and chalk minerality. Mind-blowing flavours of fermented rice. Overall, demanding style. Even today, it feels too young. A meditative wine for hikikomori.
About
It's not intended to be the best wine, but a cuvée that we push to the extreme.
[...] liveliness is more the focus here than complexity and richness.
--- Alice Paillard
A 50/50 blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from 7 of the most sought-after Grands Crus of the Champagne terroir: Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Chouilly, Cramant, Verzenay, Mailly-Champagne, and Bouzy. Grapes are vinified and matured in small, old oak barrels for 10 months. Then the wine spends 10 years on lees followed by two years of post-disgorgement rest before release.
