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Maison Bruno Paillard was born of a simple yet ambitious desire: to create a special, personal Champagne of the utmost purity.
The House of Bruno Paillard was born out of a simple yet ambitious desire to create a special, personal Champagne of the highest purity. So in 1981, at the age of only 27, Bruno Paillard embarked on the adventure of founding his own house, making it one of the youngest houses of Champagne. Today, its vineyard reaches a size of 32 hectares of vines, 12 of which are classified as Grand Cru, and each cuvée is the object of delicate attention as much as it is demanding.
When he started his own Champagne business at just 27 years old, Bruno Paillard first rented a winery and meticulously selected his grapes from rigorous and trusted winemakers, whom he knew from his past as a broker. He thus elaborates his Champagnes with a very personal style. At first, their distribution was exclusively for export and very quickly, the quality of the Champagnes of Bruno Paillard was recognized by the Anglo-Saxon critics from the 1990s. Then faced with the increasing demand for its vintages, Bruno Paillard begins the acquisition of vineyards in 1994: it will be the first 3 hectares of Grands Crus in Oger in Côte des blancs.... See more ...
The Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de blancs 2014 is a vibrant testament to the generosity of the contrasting 2014 vintage. Marked by wide temperature variations and irregular rainfall, 2014 began with a watered autumn followed by a wet, cool winter. Dry spring brought early budburst without frost, with uniform flowering as early as June 8. The unstable, rainy summer made the black grape varieties suffer, but the Chardonnays were able to take advantage of this variability. September was warm and dry led to an early harvest, beginning on September 8 and ending on September 20.
This Blanc de blancs is made exclusively from the first press of the Côte des blancs grands crus (Oger, Mesnil-sur-Oger, Cramant and Chouilly), 25% of which are vinified in small old oak barrels. It benefits from 8 years' ageing on lees and 16 to 18 months' rest after disgorgement. With a dosage Extra-Brut of 3 g/L, it expresses remarkable purity and complexity.
To the eye, this Champagne reveals a brilliant pale gold color and fine effervescence. On the nose, initial aromas of fruit, hawthorn and sea spray open up to citrus notes (yuzu and blood orange) and a surprising aniseed freshness. With aeration, the wine evolves towards aromas of nuts, almond and apricot.
On the palate, the attack is precise and supple, with an unctuous texture. The freshness of the vintage is expressed by a saline structure and persistence without austerity.
This Blanc de blancs 2014 goes wonderfully well with seafood and raw fish. Its intensity also goes well with grilled or smoked prawns, and even certain meats such as Iberian pork with yuzu.