Réserve Privée Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne

Another standout producer from last week's tasting in Chicago held by the Champagne Bureau, Bruno Paillard is a new discovery for me, and I find myself wondering how it is I've never tasted it before. Stated on their website, "putting together a wine is very like for a painter carefully choosing the origin of colours" as a trained fine artist and former winemaker, I could not agree more. The Première Cuvée boasts classical lines and multi-faceted beauty, one first notices the extremely fine mousse, followed by razor-sharp minerality, oyster shells and persistent bubbles give way to layers of brioche, citrus, orchard fruit, and more nuanced aromas of raspberries and Queen Anne's cherries As for this author, Bruno Paillard is instantly a new favorite. Sample

Potentially bad cork, but an otherwise tasty wine, disgorged in 06

NV blanc de blanc - apples & flowers on the nose with apples, citrus & peach on the palate - a very impressive bubble

"Chardonnay is not just about structure"

Bruno Paillard-Brut Réserve Privée

Tastes even better when it's poured by the Matriarch.

On 26-7-29

On 29/11/19

Clean and light on the palate though there is a ton of flavor as you take it in.

Beautiful bead. Smooth, creamy with light hints lemongrass, grapefruit and green apple. Delightful.