Rebecca Graham

9.0

Delicious. About $25 from Liner & Elsen — 2 years ago

Ted Biser

9.0

Very dry with a strong finish. We had it with a medium rare leg of lamb and it paired perfectly. Ours was a 2019 vintage. Took a few minutes to open. Will enjoy again in the near future. — 3 years ago

Ricardo Bohn Goncalves

9.4

Adi jun21 — 4 years ago

Nate Bowser

9.0

Pear mouth bomb — 4 years ago

Martin Bergo

9.3

Greatest value of the year? Pure liquid gold, dry but with a deep alsascian sweetness; round mouthfilling medium acid and a long satisfying tropical fruit-finish. Mon dieu! — 5 years ago

Nicole Levesque

9.1

Paul - it was good, but nothing to write home about — 6 years ago

with Paul

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Great nose. Secondary starting. Mushrooms, spice, minerals, sour cherry, mint, undergrowth, very nice and keeps opening. Palate is still a bit backwards initially. Palate is powerful yet opulent and lush with elegant but forceful tannins. Juicy and complex and spicey. Tannins a tiny bit drying but excellent nonetheless. — 7 years ago

Charles York

9.1

Honeysuckle. White flower. Citrus notes. Nicely made. — 3 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! 🙏❤️ — 4 years ago

with Deked1

Michael Flynn

9.2

Outstanding — 5 years ago

Scott Kahn

9.2

A beautiful expression of fruit that exudes minerality and purity. Pears and clean gravel on the palette; the single best “Chardonnay” my wife has tasted!! — 6 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.0

Lemon, oak, wet stone. Love the mouthfeel--velvety chocolate milk texture. Paired with lobster in tarragon sauce, which were great together. White Burgundy always reminds me of melting snow in the spring. — 6 years ago

C C

9.0

Light, dry, crisp — 7 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.0

Great value. 20€ in Spain. Very alive and bright — 3 years ago

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Mike Obley

9.4

Very long, great depth — 4 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

The stone fruits here are a tad sweet, but tasty and easy to drink. — 4 years ago

Marybeth Cashman

9.4

One of my new French favorites! First bought to accompany homemade crab pie and it was a perfect pairing. Have gone back fir more bottles because it’s just a great, versatile wine. A more complex French white with a deep, round character. Love it. — 4 years ago

Ben Ogle

9.3

Light, floral, very slight effervescence on first sip. Will buy again — 5 years ago

Keith Crump

9.1

Hawthorn and honeysuckle balanced — 6 years ago

Fricot

8.9

Apparemment c'est du chardonnay... Pas du gamay. — 7 years ago