Bruno Paillard 'Première Cuvée Extra Brut' MV

TheChampagneSommelier

Falstaff

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Pale to medium gold. Bubbles are small and densely-packed, rising in an even stream. This has a beautiful nose: fantastically rich and toasty with lots of herbs and baked apple pie aromas, as well as peachy fruit and hints of darker, caramel notes. Some old wine character here, it has a richly-foaming mousse and good structure. Long, savoury and elegant, this is a cracking NV Champagne. Highly recommended.

Wine Spectator

Tom Cannavan

Pale to medium gold. Bubbles are small and densely-packed, rising in an even stream. This has a beautiful nose: fantastically rich and toasty with lots of herbs and baked apple pie aromas, as well as peachy fruit and hints of darker, caramel notes. Some old wine character here, it has a richly-foaming mousse and good structure. Long, savoury and elegant, this is a cracking NV Champagne. Highly recommended.

Guia Peñin

Wine Enthusiast

This is the producer's nonvintage cuvée, dry in the house style and with good balance between freshness and fruitiness. Lightly textured and with taut acidity and crispness at the end, the Champagne is ready to drink.

James Suckling

Apricot, dried apple, dried lemon, shortbread and almond on the nose. Medium- bodied with sharp acidity and fine bubbles on the creamy, biscuity and dry palate. Very fresh and balanced. Drink now.

Bettane et Desseauve

Vinum Wine Magazine

Gismondi on Wine

Bruno Paillard, founded in 1981, is a family-run operation and owner of thirty-two hectares of land that cover some of Champagne’s most important vineyards. The house style is sculpted from over 40 plots of land, bringing complexity via terroir. They store their reserve wines in both tanks and small oak barrels for at least three years, and uniquely blends the multi-vintage reserve wines a year before assemblage. The Brut Premiére Cuvée NV is the house wine, and Bruno Paillard’s flagship champagne. The delicious non-vintage blend of 45/33/22 pinot noir, chardonnay, and meunier are multi-vintage given its 25-48 percent use of reserve wines dating back to 1985. The final blend gets six months of ageing on the lees before bottling, and three months in the cellar post-disgorgement. The nose is vibrant, and the vibe is all red fruits streaked with tangerine, honey, and dusted minerality.