Champagne Paul Hazard

Paul Bara

Réserve Brut Grand Cru Champagne Blend

This is a very tasty Grand Cru Champagne.

Medium plus in body with medium plus acidity and medium plus size bubbles.

Dry on the palate and complex.

Showing limes, lemons, brioche, yeast, minerals, and green apples.

Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.

A nice sipping wine that will pair nicely with seafood.

Disgorged in 2017.

12.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$70.
— 3 months ago

Douglas, Severn and 9 others liked this

Paul Dethune

Extra Brut Grand Cru Champagne Blanc de Noir

David T
9.1

91-92. Blanc de Noirs NV is aged and vinified: 33% in 205-liter Champagne oak barrels, 33% in 34 hl oak tuns and 34% of reserve wine from a period of 40 different years aged and vinified in oak tuns.“

First beautiful early evening of the year to be on friends deck.

Thick, creamy body. Grapefruit, lemons chiffon, lime zest, Bartlett pear, pineapple juice, lighter tropical melons, toasted nuts, gritty chalkiness, alluvial limestone, volcanics, yeasty, brioche, white spice, yellow followers/lillies, touch of spring flowers, excellent round acidity with a balanced, nice strutured and rich, polished finish that lasts a minute.
— 8 months ago

Dawn, Shay and 10 others liked this

Paul Bara

Grand Cru Brut Rosé Champagne

Raspberry, dried rose petals, strawberry seed, chalk, rich with great acid. Large bubbles. — a month ago

Paul Bara

Annonciade Brut Grand Cru Champagne 2008

Good but didn’t really move me but was much better second day . . . doubt I’ll seek out more. — 6 months ago

Shay, Jan and 3 others liked this

Paul Bara

Grand Rosé Brut Champagne Blend

Charleston Food and Wine Classic…Champagne and caviar tasting. — 2 months ago

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Paul Bara

Special Club Brut Grand Cru Champagne 2002

Tom Elliot
10

Truly spectacular! — 3 months ago

Paul Bara

Spécial Club Grand Cru Brut Rosé Champagne 2018

Very young. Still somewhat unstructured and tannins that need to mellow. But good potential. — 6 months ago

Brooke liked this

Paul Dethune

Cuvée Prestige Princesse des Thunes Grand Cru Brut Champagne

Shay A
9.3

I’m at 92-93 here, but this is absolutely going to improve. I should have bought more than just a couple!

Paul Dethune champagnes are quickly becoming a favorite of mine. This cuvée is 50/50 (Pinot noir/chard), with 30% coming from their Solera dating back to the 70s.

I’ve said that I feel Petit & Bajan are the equivalent of Bollinger Special Cuvée in grower form, but I stand corrected. THIS is Bolly SC with a grower champagne vibe. Gold in the glass. Aromatics of lemon cream, lemon croissant, golden raspberries, and honeycomb. On the palate, it has the toasted Bolly profile but it’s dialed back a touch…feels more focused. Less expansive, but there’s added power here. Beautifully balanced with the sweet (the fruit, not the dosage) and savory (honey roasted cashews, sea salt). Imagine Bolly SC and a CHeidsieck Blanc de Blanc…you’ve got this. Loved it.
— 8 months ago

Neil, Pinotman and 27 others liked this
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Nice positioning.