Christine Havens

9.3

Another standout producer from last week's tasting in Chicago held by the Champagne Bureau, Bruno Paillard is a new discovery for me, and I find myself wondering how it is I've never tasted it before. Stated on their website, "putting together a wine is very like for a painter carefully choosing the origin of colours" as a trained fine artist and former winemaker, I could not agree more. The Première Cuvée boasts classical lines and multi-faceted beauty, one first notices the extremely fine mousse, followed by razor-sharp minerality, oyster shells and persistent bubbles give way to layers of brioche, citrus, orchard fruit, and more nuanced aromas of raspberries and Queen Anne's cherries As for this author, Bruno Paillard is instantly a new favorite. Sample — 9 years ago

Brett Pallesen

9.2

👍 new producer for me — 9 years ago

mathieu lapalme

Sommelier Restaurant Alep and Bistro Petit Alep

9.6

petite soirée au bureau... — 11 years ago

Christine Havens

9.2

This silken, perfumed Willamette Valley Pinot Noir—created especially for the David Burke restaurant group, a collaboration between Brooks Winery and corporate wine buyer, Natalie Dulaney—is lush, expressing ripe black cherry, rose petals and orange pomander ball, with a lovely top note of dust from an antique bureau. In the mouth, it's ripe and round and very seductive with plush red and black fruit accented by briary notes and underbrush. 13.5% ABV | Sample — 9 years ago

Julien Marchand

9.1

Atteinte des objectifs d'équipe au bureau. Merveilleux...! — 12 years ago