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N.V. Paul Bara Brut Grand Cru Reserve, 1.5ltr

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June 11, 2023 - $76

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RATINGS

91The Wine Advocate

Wonderfully elegant wine graced with layers of perfumed fruit that come to life on a mid-weight frame. The wine shows terrific balance and tons of Bouzy character, with a long, and refined finish that invites a second taste.

91Wine Spectator

A creamy Champagne, offering concentrated flavors of mandarin orange preserves, dried white cherry and grated ginger, underscored by a streak of salty mineral. Well-balanced, with a lip-smacking finish.

90Vinous / IWC

...gorgeous wine full of Bouzy and Pinot Noir character. Ample and creamy in the glass, with excellent breadth... All the elements are so nicely balanced.

90John Gilman

...classic bouquet of apple, a touch of grapefruit, a very elegant expression of minerality, bread dough, citrus peel and smokiness. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, crisp...with fine mid-palate intensity, snappy acids, very elegant mousse and very impressive focus and grip on the very long finish.

15.5Jancis Robinson

Broad, rich nose. Racy with very good freshness and balance and real direction...good drive.

REGION

France, Champagne, Montagne de Reims, Bouzy

Champagne is a small, beautiful wine growing region northeast of Paris whose famous name is misused a million times a day. As wine enthusiasts and all French people are well aware, only sparkling wines produced in Champagne from grapes grown in Champagne can be called Champagne. Sparkling wines produced anywhere else, including in other parts of France, must be called something besides Champagne. Champagne producers are justifiably protective of their wines and the prestige associated with true Champagne. Though the region was growing grapes and making wines in ancient times, it began specializing in sparkling wine in the 17th century, when a Benedictine monk named Dom Pierre Pérignon formulated a set guidelines to improve the quality of the local sparkling wines. Despite legends to the contrary, Dom Pérignon did not “invent” sparkling wine, but his rules about aggressive pruning, small yields and multiple pressings of the grapes were widely adopted, and by the 18th and 19th centuries Champagne had become the wine of choice in fashionable courts and palaces throughout Europe. Today there are 75,000 acres of vineyards in Champagne growing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Champagne’s official appellation system classifies villages as Grand Cru or Premier Cru, though there are also many excellent Champagnes that simply carry the regional appellation. Along with well-known international Champagne houses there are numerous so-called “producer Champagnes,” meaning wines made by families who, usually for several or more generations, have worked their own vineyards and produced Champagne only from their own grapes.