93pts James Suckling

Intense yeasty autolysis with crackers, sourdough and stones that lends itself well to the sliced apple characters. Bone-dry and austere on the palate with subtle, creamy perlage and concentrated flavors, and a rather mineral finish. 36 months aging on the lees. Disgorged in October 2021.

92pts Wine Enthusiast

As dry as the name implies, the Champagne is also full of fruit. It has a crisp texture, tightly wrought and with both citrus and green-apple flavors. Drink now. 

91pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

There was no dosage for this cuvée disgorged in October 2021. The Bruno Paillard NV Dosage Zéro, elaborated with a majority of vins de réserve, expresses a vibrant and pure bouquet with aromas of almond, pear, peach, spring flowers, menthol and some toasty hints. Tense with racy acids, the palate is medium to full-bodied with a chalky, saline finish. It's a very fresh and pure Champagne.

Tasting Notes

Intense, bright, straw gold. Very fine and persistent effervescence. Primary notes of white fruits and fresh almond, generous but not opulent.  This is followed by aromas of chocolate and toast with fresh raspberry, star anise and candied chestnuts.
The attack is both lively and rich, blossoming generously on the palate. The same aromatic richness promised on the nose is found on the palate. Texture is both animated and chiselled, with saline notes, and a very long, persistent finish.

Pair with Lobster(or fennel) risotto, lemon chicken, creamy cheeses.

About the Bubbles

There are more than 30 crus of the finest terroir of Champagne in the blend, the
composition of which is a house secret. Exceptionally high for Champagne, the reserve wines account for half of the blend. They are the other essential player in the D : Z cuvée. Some of these wines underwent their first fermentation in barrel. They were then kept in stainless steel, and for some of them for more than 10 years in bottle, resulting in an intensified autolysis.

Maison BP exclusively selects the first pressings – the “cuvée”, the purest – of the three grape varieties, in majority vinified in small oak barrels. The blend is dominated by the terroirs of the northern slopes of Montagne de Reims and the first few kilometers on the right bank of the Marne Valley for the meunier, which in this cuvée, D : Z, is in the spotlight, with equal proportions of chardonnay and pinot noir.

About the Winery

Always the highest quality, our Multi Vintage wines have a mission to remain faithful to themselves across both the good years and the leaner ones. To ensure this happens, the blends in which parcels, terroirs and grape varieties come together, include a high proportion of so-called “reserve wines” kept as a perpetual reserve system dating back to 1985. In this way, preserved from the vagaries of the weather, Bruno Paillard Multi Vintage Champagnes are a very personal expression of the great wines of the region: the two characteristics of a northern climate and chalk.

The D:Z cuvée naturally extends the path trodden by the Maison since its foundation: the pursuit of purity, energy, harmony, and playing with the pitfalls which our terroir, sometimes austere, can bring if one lacks the patience...

Blend: 50% Pinot Meunier, 25% Chardonnay, 25% Pinot Noir