Amanda Speier

9.4

Yes and yes. — 6 months ago

Pamela Peterson

9.4

Fabulous and smooth — 2 years ago

Pourist

9.8

Light, floral, beautiful wine — 3 years ago

Nicole Schilling

9.4

Fruit throughout with notes of cinnamon — 4 years ago

Nicole Kushner

9.2

Light body, lots of red fruit, a little earthy, low tannins. Really great everyday red that pairs well with a wide variety of food. — 5 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.0

New Years part 1: a bit more muscular than typical Fleurie — 6 years ago

Nikole Souder-Schale

9.4

One of the best champagnes I have tasted. — 7 years ago

Paige Worthy

10

Whoa that's good — 8 years ago

with Mark

Nicole Newcomer Campagna

10

With Matt and Mich. — 9 years ago

with Jon

Jose Lopez

9.0

The splashy label gave me pause and I approached with caution, but once I tasted, I was hooked. Fruity and warm without being a fruit bomb. Strong finish with stewed fruit and a hint of star anise. I would enjoy this all night solo hit it begs for food. — 9 years ago

Ericsson

9.2

This is what I call on point Pinot. Cheers. — 9 months ago

Vanessa

9.4

**If interested, I’ve posted more pics of this visit and trip on my Instagram account - check me out @sips_ensemble**

We also had the pleasure to visit Champagne Paul Bara, another family-owned and -managed winery with only 8 employees! 💪 💪

It is a small but high-quality operation, producing approximately 100,000 bottles per year made exclusively from the free run juice. ✨✨✨ Thanks to the likes of @kermitlynchwine , the U.S. is a major exporting market for this wine. 🙌🙌

Paul Bara’s wines are sustainably farmed on numerous vineyard plots located throughout Bouzy, a Grand Cru village within the Montagne de Reims region of Champagne. 🏔 🏔

Bouzy is known especially for its Pinot Noir-driven Champagnes and also for its still red wines, a specialty of the region, called Coteaux Champenois. 🍇🍇

Paul Bara uses mostly stainless steel vessels for its vinification, designed to accentuate the purity of the fruit. They also use subterranean concrete vessels for the Pinot Noir used in rosé blends and for the Coteaux Champenois (still reds). 🥂

On our tour it was fascinating to see bottles being disgorged, dosaged, corked, capped, and caged on a machine in seconds — these are some of the last stages of the Méthode Champenoise. 🤓

We also learned that Paul Bara is a member of the ‘Club Trésors de Champagne’ an association of 28 vignerons formed to promote quality wine growing and winemaking practices and to highlight the beauty of terroir, demonstrating the excellence achievable outside of the major houses whose names are globally renown such as Veuve Cliquot and Moët & Chandon. 👏

Our favorite wine of the tasting was the 2010 Brut Comtesse Marie de France 🇫🇷 made exclusively from Pinot Noir grapes 🍇 It had a richness and abundance of orchard fruit, including baked yellow apple, also toast, bread dough, yeast, and dried white blossom notes, still offering finesse and precision, retaining incredible vibrancy.

We are grateful for our visit to Paul Bara and we look forward to visiting again the future! 🙏❤️ — 3 years ago

with Deked1

Patrick Derdeyn

9.2

The darker side of Rivers Marie. Where all of the Occidental bottlings share red fruited characteristics this is more black fruits and fresh earth. The supporting acidity and the hours it still takes to open up give me hope that it should continue to develop in bottle. — 5 years ago

Ben Madonna

9.2

Great fruit and floral nose. Very rich with smooth finish. Tastes great with or without food. — 6 years ago

Michael Walker

9.8

Very light/refined, not a power chard. Slightest bit acidic — 7 years ago

Phil

8.9

Like a California smile on an eq - lots of acid on one end balanced by tree fruits on the other. — 8 years ago

Keith Pinault

9.2

This is what Beaujolais Nouveau should taste like. — 8 years ago

Sean Nelson

9.2

Nice, fruity Bojo. Not too stemmy, just delicious, and complex enough to be "serious." — 9 years ago

Pamela St. Jean

9.3

One of my favorite Beaujolais ever! Purchased at Lou's 2014 — 9 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

10

The best wine I’ve had this year and I had 2008 Cristal Rose a few months ago. Absolutely perfect. This wine cannot be any better. — 10 months ago

with Pinot

Alex Jones

Marketing/Development Kunni/Westerly Wines

9.0

2015 base: 2019 disgorged. — 3 years ago

Aaron Rankin

9.2

Lemon kissed butterscotch. Rich butterscotch on the round palette. A drinker’s cali chard. — 3 years ago

David Lee

9.0

Dry, savory and vibrant. — 4 years ago

Fredybeans

9.0

Rubis fonce
Nez réglisse myrtille frais
Bouche mur ample épaisse et fraîche
Finale sur le fruit — 5 years ago

Nelson Fitch

9.1

Smoky and serious Pineau d'Aunis — 7 years ago

Michel Boka

9.2

Que du bonheur avec la nature!!! — 8 years ago

GaryWEdwards

9.2

Big black cherry jam . Brilliant for a young wine ! A certain silkiness. Distinct — 8 years ago

Daniel Taub

9.2

Raspberry and rhubarb — 9 years ago

Robert McNally

8.9

Bought this to be the "wine before the wine" bottle and while light and crispy (as you would expect) , it really holds its own as far as strength on the flavor profile. Highly recommendable Sancerre #sancerre #wine #whitewine #domaine #france — 9 years ago

Neil Shah

9.5

Look for the RM — 10 years ago