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Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru

Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru

A creamy, fruity champagne born in the land of Pinot Noir
Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru
75 cl.
91 Parker
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Details
12.50%
Alcohol 12.50%
Champagne
Production area Champagne
Champagne
Type of sparkling wine Champagne
Paul Bara
Winery Paul Bara
Contains sulphites
80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay
Varieties 80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay
8.0
Service 8.0
75 cl.
Volume 75 cl.

Tasting notes Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru

Champagne Brut.

Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru is a dry sparkling wine (less than 12 g/L of sugar). Ripe fruit (plum) and fleshy fruit appear on the nose followed by spice, honey and orange peel. The palate is fresh and powerful, with fruity flavours (peaches) and light touches of pepper.

Style Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru
Dry
Sweet
Fruity
Creamy
Short ageing
Long ageing
Pairing
Aperitif

About Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru

Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru is a sparkling wine, a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, produced by the Paul Bara winery in the village of Bouzy, within the A.O.C. Champagne.

Synonymous with irrefutable quality, Paul Bara is one of the most renowned and long-established producers in northwest France. The origins of this family business can be traced back to the 19th century when Auguste François (a young man who came to Bouzy to start his career as a cooper) married Annonciade Robert (a vineyard owner). Little by little, the business grew until 1965, when, under the leadership of Paul Bara (the couple’s son), the stables on the family estate were converted into a winery and wine cellar. During this decade, the company’s sparkling wines began to take off, becoming the first to be marketed under their own name and exported to the United States.

Paul Bara’s history is linked to that of the village of Bouzy, in the Marne department, where the family owns 11 hectares (9.5 hectares of Pinot Noir and 1.5 hectares of Chardonnay) spread over 33 plots classified as grand cru in the heart of the Montagne de Reims. In this area, where Pinot Noir is the variety par excellence, the vineyards are cultivated in a sustainable manner, without herbicides or chemical products. The grapes are harvested by hand and with great care.

In the winery, all the work is aimed at preserving the hallmarks of the house: elegance and integrity. The Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru must is produced in two presses (a traditional wooden press and an automatic press). Both are small, which makes it possible to easily divide and differentiate the various plots that have been harvested. In general this step is very important within the A.O.C. Champagne, because it has its own rules: for every 4,000 kilos of grapes, only 25.5 hectolitres of must can be extracted. The first 20.5 hl extracted, rich in sugar and acids, are known as cuvée and result in finer wines; the remaining 5 hl, called taille, contain less acids and more mineral salts, giving the wine more intense aromas. When it comes to Paul Bara, this latter batch of must is never included in the production of Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru.

Once fermented, the Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru coupage is made in the spring, where the different blends of plots and varieties will finish off the style of each champagne. Once the sweet spot has been found, Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru is aged for a minimum of 5 years for the vintages and 3 years for the classic vintages in century-old cellars, hand-dug at a depth of 11 metres, at a low temperature and constant humidity that will be maintained throughout the year.

Today Paul Bara is run by the sixth generation, Evelyne Dauvergne, who, accompanied by Christian Forget (cellar master), continues to work within the house’s values without losing sight of new things.

Paul Bara Brut Réserve Grand Cru is a dry sparkling wine (less than 12 g/L of sugar). Ripe fruit (plum) and fleshy fruit appear on the nose followed by spice, honey and orange peel. The palate is fresh and powerful, with fruity flavours (peaches) and light touches of pepper.
91 Parker

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