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

Alan Weinberg

9.2

super magnum bought for the price of a 750. Damn good. — 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

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! — 9 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.3

2 August 2016. The Four Horsemen, Brooklyn, NY. — 10 years ago

Paige Worthy

10

Whoa that's good — 10 years ago

with Mark

Michele Smith

Sommelier/Wine Director Brooklyn Fare

9.2

2010. Needs a day in a decanter — 10 years ago

Nicola Morvillo

9.3

On 13/11/15 da colombo — 11 years ago

Scott Wren

9.7

An 09 I opened and then vacuum pumped and left for 2 weeks (out of town). It just got better!. Dark and big but not too brawney. Raspberry as opposed to plum fruitv. Nice spice and a just a bit of sweetness — 12 years ago

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

Brandon T

9.2

Continue to drink these too early, but can’t stay away long enough to get much bottle age on them. Bolder Pinot in the TRB style - always a winner. — 6 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

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

Robert Lim

9.1

Beautifully balanced, stone fruit emerging, aromatic and a zippy acidity that provides structure for the sweetness. Another reason to love Chenin. — 10 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

Rich Friedland

9.5

So pretty. Juicy peaches, honeysuckle and lime zest. — 10 years ago

Keith Pinault

9.2

This is what Beaujolais Nouveau should taste like. — 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

Sam T

9.3

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

Audrey Irvine

9.1

Wine Shoe wine — 6 years ago

Priscilla Pederson

9.5

Semi-sweet, light and refreshing, good table wine — 6 years ago

Ed Lehrman

9.1

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

Michael Piaker

9.3

11 June 2018. Frenchette, New York, NY. — 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

Michael Piaker

9.0

12 March 2016. Flatiron Wines, New York, NY. — 10 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.2

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

Pierre-nicolas Chabanel

9.0

At Les terrasses d'Uriage, with Ivan & Mel — 11 years ago

Max Coane

9.0

Brioche. Wolly as duck. I like the older demi sec better — 13 years ago