2014 Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne

Winemaker Notes:  This bottle has benefited from 18 months of post-disgorgement evolution, so it opens with age-mellowed creamy tones over a lemony fruit core. Made of Chardonnay exclusively from Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, it has an opulent fruity power; linear and firmly structured. The partial ageing in oak comes across as woody spiciness on the palate. A fine acid structure leads to an intense, zippy lemony finish. This shows quite a lot of ageing complexity already but will take further time well.

The Blanc de Blancs 2014 is made exclusively from the first pressing, the purest, of Grand Cru Chardonnay, from the heart of the Côte des Blancs: Oger, Mesnil-sur-Oger, Cramant and Chouilly, 25% of which are vinified in small old oak barrels.