Paul Bara Grand Rose Brut Bouzy Grand Cru NV 750ml Elite

$133.00

Paul Bara Grand Rose is very expressive and attractive while also clean and cleansing due to its firm acid and lightweight palate.

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Paul Bara Grand Rose is 100% Grand Cru fruit from Bouzy. It is a blend of 70% Pinot Noir, 18% Chardonnay, and 12% is Bouzy Rouge (Pinot Noir table wine from the village).  Paul Bara Grand Rose contains 50% reserve wine, which explains why it is so lovely.

Paul Bara Grand Rose smells of mineral, flint, red currant, waxy, chalk, zesty lemon. It is a very expressive and attractive nose. On the palate, Paul Bara Grand Rose is fresh, fleshly strawberry, bubblegum. Paul Bara Grand Rose is clean and cleansing due to its firm acid and lightweight palate.

Don’t just take my word for the quality of Paul Bara Grand Rose; “…Stylistically, this is very similar to Dom Perignon Rosé. Simply a great bottle.94 points, John Gilman, View From The Cellar.

Paul Bara Grand Rose Brut Bouzy Grand Cru NV, and all wines are eligible for at least 5% off any six bottles. And 10% off any 12 bottles. Some wines will be at a more significant discount and not subject to further discounts.

The deep, chalky subsoil is the key to the quality of the wines produced in the Grand Cru Village of Bouzy. The intensity of fruit and mineral backbone are born in the soils. Paul Bara is a Grower producer with 11 hectares in Bouzy, established in 1833. Although the equipment is modern, there is a lot of old school knowledge and skill exercised in the cellar, carved from pure chalk. High proportions of Pinot Noir are used in the wines, which are ripe and intense.

Paul Bara Grand Rose Brut Bouzy Grand Cru NV Wine Review

Tyson Stelzer
The Champagne Guide 2020-2021
94 points
The NV Brut Grand Rosé is fabulous. Bright and punchy, the Rosé fleshes out beautifully in the mid-palate and into the finish as the Pinot gains volume. The Grand Rosé has enough charm to drink well as an aperitif, but there is serious depth here too. Cranberry, orange peel, dried rose petal and a hint of cinnamon develop over time. The Grand Rosé is simply impeccable from start to finish. More importantly, it is absolutely delicious. Disgorged: December, 2019. Drink 2020-2028.

Champagne

A wine region of France approximately 160km East of Paris. It is also the name of the wines produced from the area. Most famously, it is a sparkling wine that undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle and aging on lees (the dead yeast cells). Although there is the occasional still wine, you can find around, particularly Pinot Noir. The fantastically named Bouzy Rouge is one such example. There are very few single vintage, single vineyard, single variety Champagnes. I can only name one – Salon. And it was produced only 47 times between 1900 and 1999. Why? Due to the large area the region covers and the challenging weather, the houses blended wines to produce a consistent and reliable product every year. This is where the growers come in. They relish the chance to show off vintage variation and small plot wines.

Champagne What Is Champagne

Chardonnay

The grape that you can plant anywhere, in any climate and do anything to, and it will still taste like an OK wine. When people hit the sweet spot of site, climate, cropping and winemaking, Chardonnay becomes a magical wine that will age gracefully but charm you at any age. Chardonnays can range from cool-climate lean and citrusy to warmer climate tropical and overt. Oak and lees can add flavouring, as can malolactic fermentation. In a Champagne context, Chard can add mineral flavours, stone fruits and acidity along with some weight of fruit.

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is the most elusive grape. It is relatively early ripening and extremely sensitive to terroir. Its perfect place on earth is the Cote d’Or in Burgundy. So haunting are great red Burgundy’s charms that growers everywhere try to emulate them. Pinot Noir is not just a one-trick pony. Apart from the best reds in the world, you can find world-class Pinot Noir rosé, sparkling. You can even find sweet wines, whites on occasion, and I’ve tasted a decent fortified Pinot Noir too.

French Wine

The land that so many New World (not European) wine producers look to emulate. To generalise about French wine, I would say it is savoury, lighter-bodied wine. They are the definition of elegant, complex. There are many styles, though. And there is a French wine for every palate. They lead the world in Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in Burgundy. Sparkling Wine in Champagne. Cabernet and Merlot in Bordeaux. Syrah(Shiraz) and Grenache in the Rhone Valley. Riesling, Gewurztraminer, and Pinot Gris in Alsace. Sauvignon Blanc, and Chenin Blanc in the Loire Valley. Gamay in Beaujolais.

French Wine Regions 2

Wine

Wine is the result you get from fermented grape juice. There is proof of wine production dating back 8000 years ago. Fashions, innovations and many other factors have influenced the way wine has evolved over the years.

The wine grape is special. It contains everything you need to make grape wine except for the yeast, which lives on the outside of the skins.

Human inputs can influence the final product, including the viticulture (growing) choices. And the winemaker can shape the wine to a point too.

The best wines of the world often refer to terroir. Terroir is a French term that refers to all the climatic, geological and topographical influences on a specific piece of land. And it is true that neighbouring vineyards, grown identically, can taste noticeably different.

Sparkling Wine

Fizz, bubby, bubbles. It is a wine with bubbles in it. There are many ways to put the bubbles in and many styles and flavours you can find. Important to know that you should never buy cheap Sparkling. Champagne is still the quality leader of the world. But great Sparkling can be found in Moscato (sweet), Prosecco, Franciacorta (Italy), Cava (Spain), Australia, New Zealand, Loire Valley and Burgundy Cremant (France).

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Paul Bara Grand Rose Brut Bouzy Grand Cru NV
Paul Bara Grand Rose Brut Bouzy Grand Cru NV
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