Charles Garrison

9.2

Lush, succulent Pinot…dark ruby on pour, dark fruits rise out of the glass setting the stage for an enjoyable first sip…no noticeable tannins…lingering finish…this vintage is in a really good place today — 5 years ago

Sam T

9.3

Delicious. Perfect wine for a Happy Thanksgiving! — 6 years ago

E & K G

9.0

Energetic white! Need to give It some time if you the tension and energy I. The bottle. — 7 years ago

Ed Lehrman

9.1

A little heavier than I remember but fully mature and fun to drink with friends. — 7 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

A few years ago bought several bottles thinking I could medium age a few while I dipped in and out of tasting them. Now only one bottle left. Oops. I like best how its drinking now, has a nice acidic snap, had a broad, ungainly tomato-ey tone which now feels fresh & terroir specific, ie, red fruits incl wild raspberries & strawberries. Has the Beaujo straightforwardness I cherish. Weygandt imp. — 8 years ago

Nelson Fitch

9.1

Smoky and serious Pineau d'Aunis — 9 years ago

Michel Boka

9.2

Que du bonheur avec la nature!!! — 10 years ago

Kirk Wallace

9.6

I cry a little with each bottle. But God is it good. What a way to go out #teachthemhowtosaygoodbye — 11 years ago

Keith Pinault

9.2

This is what Beaujolais Nouveau should taste like. — 11 years ago

Michael Beckner

9.3

What is happening?! Could be Jura, maybe Piedmont, blind. Delicious overall. — 11 years ago

with Hikari, Jacob and 1 other

Pierre And Paula Soler

10

Dynamite!! — 13 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

Dean de la Peña

9.2

The bomb diggity - hits all the Champ notes without being too bone dry — 7 years ago

Fredybeans

9.0

Rubis fonce
Nez réglisse myrtille frais
Bouche mur ample épaisse et fraîche
Finale sur le fruit — 8 years ago

Paige S

9.7

I love you, I love you. — 9 years ago

Nathaniel DiMaggio

8.9

Fun wine here! Great value. Rich blackberry meat on the palate and herbs and bologna on the nose. Doesn't sound as good as it is. — 9 years ago

with Mariah, Maxwell and 1 other

Paige Worthy

10

Whoa that's good — 10 years ago

with Mark

Mike Davila

8.9

Medium cherry fruit, with restrained tannin and acid, but almost too balanced to the point of being unmemorable? May my pallet is off. — 11 years ago

Elizabeth Griswold

9.7

Perfection — 11 years ago

Austin Ferrari

Wine Director Hillside Supper Club

9.3

It's a pizza and pasta kind of thing! — 11 years ago

with Kit and Geno

Edward Nelson

9.3

Silky smooth with just enough tannins to make me happy. $125-150? This warrants it. Worthy of a nice occasion or baked mostaccioli on a Wednesday night. — 5 years ago

with Michelle

David Lee

9.0

Dry, savory and vibrant. — 6 years ago

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. — 7 years ago

Ebbe Bonde Soerensen

9.0

Glorious Pinot Noir on new years eve, non dosage, no sulphur, creamy and extraordinary champagne. — 8 years ago

Matt

9.2

Great focus, operating on a moderate wavelength. Not the most expansive but not a laser down the palate either. Golden apple, cured lemon, pecorino rind, salty brioche dough, crushed chalk and oyster shell. Briny and mineral across the back palate. Beautiful for the price! — 8 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.2

22 July 2017. Rouge Tomate, New York, NY. — 9 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. — 10 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.2

2 December 2015. Bubbles On The Battery, Pier A Harbor House, New York, NY. — 11 years ago

Nicola Morvillo

9.3

On 13/11/15 da colombo — 11 years ago

Louisiana Pizza Kitchen

9.0

Top terroir vineyard estate. Very interesting. 25 Oaked. New and 2 year. 26.99 ws glazer. — 11 years ago