Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.7

In mag by the glass a ( special re release by charlie Hours for Willis wine bar — 5 months ago

Zack Hall

9.4

Fresh and clean great texture — 2 years ago

Jordan Yu

9.5

Third rating for this: started at 10 degrees , and warmed up to around 15-18 in a warm 29 degrees tropical Singapore. Was fresh, crisp, lemon-like at first, followed by zesty mandarin orange flavours that finally matured to mellow honey apricots. Best of all coloured like the upcoming Chinese New Year - perfect gold. — 3 years ago

Nicole Schilling

9.4

Fruit throughout with notes of cinnamon — 4 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. — 5 years ago

Neil Cornish

9.3

Finesse, power and driving clean acid. Just the beginning of secondary development. — 6 years ago

with Jon and Michael

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

Pamela St. Jean

9.3

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

Bryan Kesting

9.4

This is one Rivers Marie Pinot that benefits from time. Very enjoyable. — 6 months ago

Pamela Peterson

9.4

Fabulous and smooth — 2 years ago

Alex Jones

Marketing/Development Kunni/Westerly Wines

9.0

2015 base: 2019 disgorged. — 3 years ago

Pourist

9.8

Light, floral, beautiful wine — 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

Michael Walker

9.8

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

Paige Worthy

10

Whoa that's good — 8 years ago

with Mark

Nicola Morvillo

9.3

On 13/11/15 da colombo — 9 years ago

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

Neil Shah

9.5

Look for the RM — 10 years ago

Amanda Speier

9.4

Yes and yes. — 7 months ago

Alan Weinberg

9.5

such a classy refined rosé that we were blown away. So vinous. — 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

E & K G

9.3

Powerful but not overpowering. Layers of apples, apricot and some sweeter notes of honey as well. Good acidity and a long finish. Opened the bottle and enjoyed throughout our lunch. Paired it with the the fish dishes to start and even the two tomato sauce based pastas. Stands up fine to the bigger dishes. — 5 years ago

Nelson Fitch

9.1

Smoky and serious Pineau d'Aunis — 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

Brennan Brown

10

Delicious Pinot Noir
Small Case Size — 10 years ago