Pierre Paillard Coteaux Champenois Bouzy Rouge Les Mignottes 2022
LESS IS MORE WINESGrape: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2022
Type: Red
The Pierre Paillard Coteaux Champenois Bouzy Rouge Les Mignottes is a rare, high-quality still red wine (Coteaux Champenois) from Champagne, France, crafted from 100% Pinot Noir. Produced by a 4th-generation grower in Bouzy (Grand Cru), it comes from old vines (planted 1970s) on clay-limestone soil, offering a refined, elegant, and tangy profile with cherry and spice notes, aged 12 months in French oak. A very good year for their red wine, the 2022 Coteaux Champenois Grand Cru Bouzy Rouge Les Mignottes exhibits a jeweled ruby color and smells like a Tootsie Pop! Along with its notes of cherries and cocoa, it™s medium-bodied and spicy but not astringent, with savory earth, fine tannins, and a clean, balanced feel. A fabulous red wine with dark stones, mineral accents, and terrific energy lasting on the finish
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Timothée’s family came from Alsace and settled in Champagne after the Second World War. Vineyards were planted in the early 60’s in Villers Allerand, a small 1er cru village tucked in Montagne de Reims, where they still farm today.
Two generations later, Timothée had the dream to produce his own Champagne from the plots planted by his grandfather. After studying wine in Beaune and working in Burgundy, Timothée slowly got back the plots that were divided between the family members.
Installation was done in steps: 2001 the vineyards; 2005 the first wines were produced. The domain encompasses the three known Champagne varieties: Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
From the vintage 2018, all the wines are barrel aged, and he is working towards bigger size barrels starting from 400L. The alcoholic and malolactic fermentation happens naturally, wines are not cold stabilized and there is no dosage nor filtration.