The current release of Bruno Paillard 'Première Cuvée' non-vintage Extra Brut is from the base year of 2016 and was disgorged in June of 2020. Like all of Alice Paillard’s wines, it shows supreme elegance on both the nose and palate, with the bouquet wafting from the glass in a mix of apple, pear, warm bread, a complex base of chalky soil tones, gentle smokiness and a hint of hazelnut in the upper register. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a lovely core, excellent soil undertow, zesty acids and a long, poised and impeccably balanced finish. This is the epitome of refinement- as Champagne should be! (Drink between 2021-2055)