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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 ...
This cuvée is made exclusively from Pinot Noir from four Grands Crus in Montagne de Reims: Bouzy, Mailly, Verzenay, and Verzy. These historic chalk terroirs combine the elegance and depth characteristic of Pinot Noir.
The vinification is carried out partly under wood - 15 to 20% depending on the year - sufficient to enrich the blend without denaturing the raw material. The wines are then aged on lees for 3 years before disgorging (the date is indicated on the back label). The dosage is light, just 3g/L; like all Champagnes from Maison Bruno Paillard, this Blanc de noirs is a Extra brut. It will spend a further 6 months in the cellar before reaching the market.
La robe of this Champagne is an intense, brilliant gold with coppery highlights. The nose is delicate, seductive; there's rose petal and Napoléon bigarreau cherry, but also pink grapefruit for vivacity and Timut pepper as a sweet spice. The palate is successively velvety, chalky and chiseled, with cherry flesh, quince and kumquat. On the finish, delicate fruit and salinity intermingle.
This Blanc de noirs Grand Cru from Maison Bruno Paillard is gripping and salivating. Don't be afraid to pair it with small game, such as roast quail with wild berries (wild strawberry, blueberry, red currant), a real delight. The sea also suits it very well, and pretty fillets of red mullet a la plancha will be great companions to this Champagne.