Bruno Paillard N.P.U Plus Ultra

First, an exceptional vintage is needed: after improving our “savoir faire” during the 80’s, the first ever N.P.U – Nec Plus Ultra, a 1990 vintage, was released in 2002. Four follow, each of different temperaments: the generous 1995; the eccentric 1996; and the 1999, maybe the most classic, and now... 2003!The 2003 harvest: A very Good Year, indeed! Were the effects of nature really so harsh that the grapes released themselves from their suffering, better to die than be free and alive, yet elusive? Because this wine is a survivor; of the unusually late frosts at the beginning of April, to the eight hailstorms, and the long heatwave that we all remember well. Also to survive – the ultimate obstacle - "the general idea": willing the harvest to come soon, in order to celebrate or bury a vintage. What madness... at Bruno Paillard we knew that “time does not respect what we do without it”.