Champagne Brut Nature
Dosage Zéro

The Champagne Dosage Zéro by Bruno Paillard is the natural extension of the path traced by the young and rigorous Maison born in Reims in 1981, a cuvée that springs from the pursuit of purity, energy and harmony. Conceived to overcome the risk of hardness that the region's sometimes austere terroir can induce without the right patience, it highlights the northern, chalky character of Champagne, celebrating Meunier in particular in a profile that unites vitality and finesse from the very first instant, with a clear prevalence of this variety coming from the terroirs of the Montagne de Reims and the first coteaux of the Rive Droite of the Vallée de la Marne, completed in equal parts by Chardonnay and Pinot Noir selected across more than 30 crus.

This edition, 2018 harvest, is completed by more than 50% of vin de réserve from previous years, kept in a solera style since 1985, obtained solely from the first pressing and half vinified in small oak barrels. An exceptional feature in Champagne, these vin de réserve are the very soul of the cuvée and some have rested for more than 10 years in bottle, with a particularly intense autolysis. After the tirage comes a maturation of at least 40 months on the lees, with no final dosage at the moment of dégorgement, in a Brut Nature style, completing a profile of great balance that enhances the chalky minerality of this Champagne.

In tasting it stands out for purity, energy and balance rather than opulence, showing a dense, bright straw-gold hue animated by a very fine and persistent effervescence. On the nose it opens generous yet without opulence, with opening notes of white fruit and fresh almond that evolve towards ripe citrus, freshly baked bread and delicate hints of beeswax and mocha. On the palate the clean, taut attack reveals a texture at once broad and vinous, supported by a pinpoint bubble and a saline freshness that accompanies a chalky finish of fine persistence, where the absence of dosage lets all the authenticity of the terroir from which this wine is born emerge with sincerity.