A toast with Bruno Paillard Champagne

Les Amis - Shaw Centre
Tasted Tuesday, May 10, 2011 by Sleepy Dave with 616 views

Flight 1 - Flight 1 - MV (3 Notes)

  • NV Bruno Paillard Chardonnay Champagne Blanc de Blancs Réserve Privée

    France, Champagne

    Alcohol :: 12%
    Degorge - Oct-2007. Dosage: 5g/liter. Aged on lees for 4yrs and rest for 10 months for post Degorgement recovery before release to the market. Light golden in color with more vigorous beads that display expressive aromas of light yeastiness, salted mineral, fresh white bread and green apple, lime, almond and there is elegance in the aromatic profile. Still very young with all fresh, but high acidity that resulted in quite sharp entry and mouth feel, austere too. Short finished with earth, bitter, dry herb and mineral after taste. The fruits were missing at this stage, perhaps in a dumb phase. Buy - No for now. Re-taste is needed.

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  • NV Bruno Paillard Champagne Brut Premiere Cuvée

    France, Champagne

    Alcohol :: 12%
    Degorge: Jun-2010. Dosage: 6g/liter. Aged on lees for 3yrs and rest for 5 months for post Degorgement recovery before release to the market. Light dark golden color with fine beads that's not so vigorous. Austere and less expressive on the nose, with earthy tone and underlying white fruits and mineral along with just a hint of nuttiness. The entry is a bit sharp and similar to the nose, austere. The salted mineral dominated the flavor profile hence the savory taste with white citrus fruits that move on to the pure, light clean finish. Easy going and refreshing. Lay down for another 1-2yrs and the wine should come out from the shell. Buy - Maybe

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  • NV Bruno Paillard Champagne Rosé Brut Première Cuvée

    France, Champagne

    Alcohol :: 12%
    Degorge - May-2010. Dosage: 6g/liter. Aged on lees for 3yrs and rest for 5 months for post Degorgement recovery before release to the market. This copper gold Champagne display expressive, sweet blackberry aromas, strawberry with mineral and spices and just a hint of austerity. Similar sharp entry but quickly rounded up into creamy, savory mouth feel with good intensity and dense red cherry fruits and lime that complex with lightly bitter mandarin orange peel on the delicate, detail finish. Quite fine, pure and elegance. Buy - Maybe - Yes.

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Flight 2 - Flight 1 - BDB (1 Note)

  • 1996 Bruno Paillard Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut

    France, Champagne

    Alcohol :: 12%
    Degorge - Jan-2010. Dosage: 5g/liter. Took 16yrs to produce. Bright medium golden. I really like this wine, pure, complex with elegance and finesse. The complex aromas gently soar from the glass with smoke, earth, seashell, oyster shell, strong, solid mineral background that is almost toward metallic / iron sail alongside with red apple tone and fresh herb. First impression for the first sip, fresh! Rounded, precise with good purity of fruits that is elegance. Very rich and intense that stain the palate with depth. Though still pretty young, as expected from a 1996 BDB, this already show pretty harmonious and finesse, the finished is long and mineral drive, with strong persistence, tension and vivacity with lemon skin and sea salt aftertaste nuanced. Really like this. A buy. Buy - Yes.

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Flight 3 - Flight 1 - Oxygen! (2 Notes)

  • 1999 Bruno Paillard Champagne Assemblage Brut

    France, Champagne

    Alcohol :: 12%
    Degorge - May-2008. Dosage: 5g/liter. Took 11yrs to produce. Bright golden with fine beads but not much. Different from the 1996 BDB and more similar to the 1995 in style, this bright golden Champagne display expressive toasted and oxidative note -> honey and caramelize fruits intermixed with earth, metallic mineral and quite austere. This wine show good freshness too in spite of the oxidative style. Fullish and rounded mouth feel, a bit fleshy in the fresh and pure package, with savory salted mineral and spicy aftertaste on the almost explosive like finish. Indeed this is very good especially for the price, though I'm fond to the 1996 BDB for my personal preference. Already approachable but additional bottle aged will do this some good too. Buy - Maybe.

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  • 1995 Bruno Paillard Champagne Nec Plus Ultra

    France, Champagne

    Alcohol :: 12%
    Degorge: Oct-2006. Dosage: 4g/liter. Fermented 10months in small oak barrels, rest for another 9months. 10yrs aged on lees with 2yrs post Degorgement recovery. This deep golden colorChampagneboost the most powerful, broad-shoulder aromas amongst all the rest. Hight oxidative style, almost copper like aromas but hey, the smell is much better than it sounds with caramel, brown sugar coated yellow fruits and bee wax that wrapped in a highly focus, powerful package. Similar to the 1999 Assemblage, this show good freshness in spite of the highly oxidative style. The smooth, intense palate is dominated by oxidative notes that is almost dry sherry like, sea shell, sea salt, salted mineral complexity with almond and hazelnut. Pure, elegance with fullish, powerful mouth feel that seems a touch heavy. Juicy and dry at the same time, very complex and classy that also boost the longest finished. A stylish Champagne that has very unique character, though the oxidative style and flavor might not a crowd pleaser or fancy by the purist. Buy - Yes (if you like oxidative style)

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