Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Vintage 2014

Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Vintage 2014 is a vintage Champagne produced in Reims, France. Bruno Paillard is an independent and family-owned Champagne house founded in Reims in 1981. The vintage blanc de blancs is produced from a first pressing of Chardonnay grapes from privileged vineyard sites in Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. About 25% of the wine is vinified in oak barrels and the wine spent seven years ageing on lees in the house`s cellars, with a further 12 months of resting in bottle after disgorgement. "This is a beautifully complex and à point example of the vintage, wafting from the glass in a superb blend of pear, apple, deep nutty tones, a beautiful base of soil, gentle notes of crème patissière, gentle leesiness and a topnote of citrus peel. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, crisp and absolutely rock solid at the core, with lovely complexity, refined mousse and superb length and grip on the focused and very classy finish. Lovely juice that has now entered its apogee of peak drinkability, but will last for decades and still has plenty of chapters left." John Gilman, 2014