Paul Bara Coteaux Champenois Bouzy Rouge, Grand Cru, Champagne, France 2018

Bara's red wine from Bouzy is made from old vines of pinot noir up to 50 years of age, and vinified entirely in steel tanks. The 2006 is outstanding, demonstrating a deep color that hints at the intensity of fruit to come, and the nose expands on this even further, revealing a deep, tensely-wound core of crushed berry aroma.