PIERRE PAILLARD - LES PARCELLES - CHAMPAGNE - MAGNUM

Relatively recently, at a friend's house, and on the last evening of my visit, I thought a Champagne experience was inevitable and my thoughts were leaning towards a magnum, and how it benefits the tipple; more importantly how the benefits manifest themselves in the experience of the tipple.

Chance had had it that there was nothing exciting on the shelves but the same chance had let me take it on another, completely unknown (to me) fizz. In other words, Pierre Paillard Les Parcelles was the only Champagne available in magnum. I didn't hesitate very long, which, as you may know, is a rare event, but I thought: 'a Grand Cru, from Bouzy' could turn out interesting! I think taking a chance on a unknown Champagne is the ultimate expression and extent of my gambling.

The joy of ignorance is in its bliss; the joy of Champagne is in the bottle, and little did I know only to be pleasantly surprised what a seductive, intellectually compelling this wine would turn out.

A lean-mean-elegant-classic-Champagne-machine on the palette and on the nose. Long, flirty, with a masculine drive casts a pretty dark shadow on some of the giants in the region. This sexy chemo-sensory stimulus is a tipple that has just added itself on to the list of 'assess again', but I couldn't just wait to complete my rule of 3 and then share the joy of drinking this perfection.

And the wine was another Champagne perfection.

Bollinger might be Absolutely Fabulous, but Pierre Paillard's Les Parcelles was Absolutely Perfect. This, of course, is just my current view on the tipple and I will of course review it again and again just to ensure that my reader doesn't feel cheated.

A MUST!


P.S. I must have had the virtually the whole magnum to myself, even though I was sharing my enthusiasm of this wine with an obliging audience, along with the wine, but on the following day I was told that I had fallen asleep on the bar stool in the kitchen. Oh well...

16TH INTERNATIONAL CHAMPAGNE DAY

So it is the time of the year when I usually sum up what I have been drinking in the past year and let my beloved reader know what were the outstanding tipples.

Previously, I had raved about the Chardonnay Jewel of Champagne, namely Mesnil-Sur-Oger's cooperative branded, Le Mesnil, however there was another nectar that I have yet to mention and write about separately.

I also reunited myself with Bonnaire which became my go to when I visited many of my friends across Europe. Elegance and richness of the cuvees make them an outstanding nectar at a very good price, but, sadly, and probably for the better, access to it in certain countries isn't great.

At last, but of course not least, and I will write about the following tipple in a greater details soon, was an unheard-of tipple from Bouzy under the brand of Pierre Paillard.

So despite the considerably reduced Champagne intake of the last year, there is still space for new and exciting creations from this sensational region.

And these are just my suggestions for this year's International Champagne Day; as always.

Enjoy the 18th August 2018 and toast to the greatest drink at 18:00 wherever on earth you might be!

Think, Drink, Believe Champagne!