Alice Paillard in the vineyard. Champagne Bruno Paillard
Champagne and Sparkling Feature Week
Alice Paillard was in London this autumn to show Champagne Bruno Paillard’s latest releases, the 2014 Blanc de Blancs and the 2015 Assemblage.
The event was held at a small ‘chef’s table’ in a discreet little Italian wine bar, Tappo, in Notting Hill just off the Portobello Road. I hadn’t come across Tappo before, but amid the fancy Italian bottles on the shelves was an impressive array of Bruno Paillard champagne, clearly a favourite of the owner and his customers. It was no surprise than that the delicate food accompanying the two champagnes, plus a bonne bouche of Champagne Bruno Paillard Rosé Première Cuvée, was perfectly judged.
Although a relatively new kid on the champenois block, Champagne Bruno Paillard can now justifiably stake a claim to sit at the top table alongside fellow grandes marques.
Founded as recently as 1981 by her father, Champagne Bruno Paillard has been managed by his daughter Alice Paillard since 2018 after she first joined the company in 2007. Under her capable, and personable, management, the Reims-based company continues its trajectory as a high quality ‘boutique’ operation making a complex style of champagne with balance, precision and finesse. Total production is in the order of an average of 320-400,000 bottles, mostly sold to restaurants, many of them Michelin-starred, with prestigious names of the order of L’Auberge d L’Ill, Pic, Le Parc Les Crayères,
This Article was originally published on The Real Review
