Conrad Green

9.2

Light oyster shells, lime, limestone, salinity. Light and pretty and long — 4 years ago

with Gregg

Tim Mack

9.6

Delicious, fantastic wine. Gift from Jay and Cat for xmas 2021
— 4 years ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.2

Classic profile, rich, buttery, oxidative notes, with a great freshness on the finish. Very good. — 6 years ago

with Alsu

Ned Gray Creed

9.2

Monopole! That one wasn’t in my list. Chalk up another delicious Monopole tasted. The list is long and distinguished, and fun to chase down. The resolution continues almost 10 years later. 100 Wines Kermit tasting. — 7 years ago

Jamie Diner

10

Love this wine. Want!! — 8 years ago

Yianni Stone

9.1

Watermelon character — 9 years ago

with Haley and Matt

Nate Redner

9.5

Fresh and elegant. Honey, orange zest and hazlenut. — 10 years ago

Nate Miles

9.0

Aromas of wood freshly cut via table or circular saw, caramelized sugar and radial tire - things were looking up. Initial glass was a bit short, which I must say was disappointing after such an auspicious beginning. After a bit of time, she broadened out into an elegant, almost weightless drink. So delicate and pleasant.

— 10 years ago

with Lyle

Cara Almberg

9.9

I was first obsessed with the color. The over all mouth feel is amazing. It's almost overwhelming at how amazing it was. I wanted to empty the bottle but didn't it want the golden juice from running out. Obsessed. — 11 years ago

Ninon Lecru-Chalon

8.9

Nice wine from lubéron. Smell south, warm and nice — 12 years ago

Daniel Bloom

9.2

N; like violet pastilles. Swampy funk, blows off, stones, interesting blue/black
with a touch of garrigue.
P:Lithe, somewhat saline upon entry,
trips over the tongue, such nice mouthfeel. Blackberries, slightly prickly tannins, this wine could go 10 more years. The panoply of flavors hints at tomato leaf, black fruits, with that ever present chewy tannin structure lurking.
Mind you, we PnP this one.
I could drink this …a…long ….time — 4 years ago

Andrew

9.4

Excellent white burgundy. Mineraly and smooth. — 6 years ago

E G

9.0

As a small bottle it's a 10. — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

A hand crafted blend of 50% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir, and 20% Chardonnay. Golden straw with stone fruit aromas and yeasty notes. On the palate pear and apple flavors with a nutty toasty character. Well balanced on a long finish ending with chalky mineral tones. — 7 years ago

Neil Shah

9.2

Is Albariño the greatest grape for white? Discuss. — 8 years ago

Casey Stringer

9.4

Fantastic white burg. Citrus, gardenia, and pistachios. Wish this was a mag. — 9 years ago

Ruth White

9.0

Can't think of a better way to help relax on a Saturday with a 14% red wine. — 10 years ago

Nesim Bekalti

9.1

Lemon, green apple core, wh pepper, cream. — 10 years ago

Michael Piaker

8.9

2 November 2015. Manhattan Wine Company, New York, NY. — 11 years ago

Jonathan Whiting

9.9

Had it with cheese was a lovely surprise wine from waitrose — 12 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Brilliant. 2012. — 12 years ago

Charles York

9.1

Tart apple, white flower. Clean, crisp limestone like finish.

Interesting wine. Definitely not Meursault-like, blind I would have went chassagne. I might be a bit low on the rating, often I need a couple of tries on wines like this that taste different than expectation of location. At Hestia — 4 years 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! 🙏❤️ — 5 years ago

with Deked1

Aaron Krauss

9.5

Rhonda likes. A good, light red. At $12, buy a case. — 7 years ago

Melyss Sautter

9.1

Wowow! I love this wine. My first 100% jaquere but certainly not my last! Delicious, crisp almost slightly effervescent. Happy day drinking wine! — 9 years ago

with Craig

Mike Coffey

Independent Wine Consultant & Sommelier

9.1

Young but still very approachable — 9 years ago

C. Cole

9.0

With Miyazaki beef. Yum. — 10 years ago

Mario Zillner

9.0

Cheap, easy drinker, 100% Grenache, widely available. — 11 years ago

MH

Marketing/Public Relations, Joseph Phelps Vineyards

9.2

From magnum. — 11 years ago

Patrick Hu

9.1

Citrus, vanilla. Fabulous with sea bass. — 12 years ago