Vince Monaco

9.3

2022 Joy Road - Dark purplish with fruit, spice, and hint of licorice. Smooth finish. Excellent — 2 months ago

Slestyan

8.9

Heavy for a Pinot - wonderbar — 3 months ago

Roman Boudou

9.3

Day after, holding well for pn, 2016 — 4 months ago

Ted

9.2

Very good 19 year old champagne. I think the oldest I have had. — 5 months ago

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Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.7

In mag by the glass a ( special re release by charlie Hours for Willis wine bar — 6 months ago

Willie Carter

9.3

Light straw with a plethora of tiny bubbles. Distinctively Clouet from beginning to end. An attractive bouquet of vanilla and smoke, with red apples and butter. Plenty of dried cherries and oak to go with the citrus and floral aromas.

Powerful and direct with finesse and character, that’s the Clouet trademark. Equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Bouzy. Nice, smooth acidity and a more than generous nature, as always. The palate is delectable with salted butter, citrus, and ripe red fruits. Yet another hit for one of my favorite producers.
— 8 months ago

Nervión

9.2

Tre bien mes amis. Amour from a smooth unidentified varietal awaits your every savoury sip. I’d write more but I’m a bit too irve. Bonne nuit. — 3 years ago

Jay Kline

9.4

I opened this bottle of the 2013 “Cuvée Marie Beurrie” the day before and poured into a ship’s decanter for a couple of hours before returning to the bottle. In the glass, just, wow. This is developing still with the darkest brambles and stone with purple flowers and garrigue. This is so beguiling, so deep with tannins and acid for days. Full of power and grace and stunner with cassoulet, Toulouse sausage and duck confit. This could use another decade easily and drink well through 2053. — 2 months ago

Scott E. Becker

9.3

[Tasted on January 13, 2024 at Home]

Sweet cedar on the nose. Blackberry and black cherry fruit, with vanilla, earth, graphite, cigar box and cinnamon. — 4 months ago

Mark Rosse

9.3

Consistency my favorite of the Anthill’s wines — 5 months ago

Abe Froman

8.9

@ dinner in Edwards CO - nice blend - like it don’t love it — 5 months 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

Pooneet K

9.2

Very nice. Quite full and on the somewhat darker side. But with a good chill this sings. Great pairing with chicken thighs in a soy garlic ginger marinade. Love the mouthfeel and some earth on the finish with some good acid. Nice. — 3 months ago

Alan Weinberg

9.0

not sure why that 1714 was added to description. — 4 months ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2023/12/31 with steamed spiny lobster and karaage. Started very tight, with prominent and steely acidity. With air, gradually opened to reveal intense citrus and chalk. Definitely a sleek, tensed personality, but likely to get even better with time — 5 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Floral & polished showing red & dark fruit with notes of pepper, olive, meat, spice & violet — 6 months ago

Amanda Speier

9.4

Yes and yes. — 7 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

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