- Type
- White Sparkling, Extra brut
- Producer
- Bruno Paillard
- Vintage
- 2008
- Disgorged in
- April 2019
- Spent on lees
- 120 months
- Location
- France, Champagne AOC
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
- Alcohol
- 12
- Sugar
- 3.8
- Price
- 9500 UAH
- Cellar
- N/A
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.
Ratings
2023-07-06 - 8.60
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.
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