2008 Pierre Paillard "La Grande Récolte" Bouzy Grand Cru, Extra Brut, Champagne, FranceABOUT THIS WINE This wine is composed of 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay from two sites that are now being used to make single vineyard wines by Antoine and Quentin Paillard. Both are from their estate in the Grand Cru of Bouzy on the south facing slope of the mountain of Reims. The Pinot Noir comes from a plot called Les Maillerettes, which was planted in 1970, and the Chardonnay comes from Les Mottelettes, planted in 1961. Both are the mother

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and its soil is composed of 100% Kimmeridgian limestone and a little bit of clay whose formation dates back to the 200-million-year old Jurassic period

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