2015 Bruno Paillard Champagne Brut Assemblage

Regular price $200.00

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96 Jeb Dunnuck - The bright yellow 2015 Champagne Assemblage is 60% Pinot Noir and the rest Chardonnay, aged 25% in oak barrels with a dosage of 4.5 grams. Medium-bodied, it does not have too much fleshiness but possesses a powerful character. Aromatically, I initially thought there may be some green, but it feels more like tobacco leaf, perhaps. The palate is pure and long, and it has a spritely, fine mouse, with a delicate, silky texture and a mouthwatering saline flavor. It’s starting to develop some beautiful creaminess and fabulous silky length.

91 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - Bruno Paillard's 2015 Assemblage (60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay) reveals an aromatic spectrum of nashi pear, grapefruit, bay leaf and cherry plum with a subtle high-toned edge. On the palate, it is medium-bodied, tightly wound and incisive, exhibiting a crisp core of fruit, bracing acidity and a long, lemon-tinged finale. From a year marked by hydric stress, it has turned out comparatively well, though one might wish for greater harmony given the pedigree of its sources—Bouzy, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Verzenay, Mailly-Champagne, Cumières and Graves.

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