Vanessa

9.4

Cheers to a sparkling weekend!

We’re launching into it with this beautiful bottle of grower bubbly produced by H. Goutorbe with 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay hailing from estate vineyards of Aÿ, a coveted terroir in the Grande Vallée de la Marne.

This “Special Club” cuvée comes exclusively from the warm 2015 vintage, which faced hydric stress and drought conditions.

For producers like H. Goutorbe, the vintage yielded fabulously ripe grapes lending supple, plush qualities to their expression in the glass.

The concentration of fleshy fruit character matches well with Goutorbe’s extensive lees aging over the course of many months, finally disgorged in October, 2024 with a Brut level of dosage.

The mousse and mouthfeel are creamy and fine with layers of honeycrisp apple, ripe white peach, mango peel, kumquat, lemon curd, oyster shell, piece crust, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, and chalk. — 10 days ago

with Deked1

Ed Tostanoski

9.5

Wine of the trip so far - just everything you would hope it to be (of course @ sacre bistro) — 4 months ago

romo

9.3

Frivolous 375. — 6 months ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.5

Outstanding — 9 months ago

C R

9.2

A beautiful blanc de noir — 5 years ago

Carissa Herman

9.1

The perfect bottle of bubbles for NYE at home. Electric bubbles, classic burgundy flavor profile. — 5 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.0

Good pop n pour blanc de blancs — 5 years ago

Jon Potter

9.1

Lovely rosé champagne. Stunning — 8 days ago

Vanessa

9.3

😍 Marc Hébrart’s Special Club 2019 is one of those bottles that reminds us why we fell in love with “grower champagne” in the first place.
 
💯 It’s generous without being heavy. Structured without being stern. A masterclass in elegance, energy, and purity, not to mention it’s utterly delicious even in relative youth.

🍇 Pinot Noir plays a lead role in this particular cuvée joined by Chardonnay for extra lift and brightness. The grapes hail from the Premier and Grand Cru villages of Louvois, Chouilly, & Mareuil-sur-Ay.

⚖️ After 36 months aging sur lie, this wine was disgorged and bottled with a “brut” dosage, which melds a soft energy into its steely profile, creating balance and tension.
  — a month ago

with Deked1

Doug Powers

9.3

[60% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Cinsault, 5% Carignan, 5% Mourvedre] Still very grapey and primary, I actually tasted this wine in barrel in May of 2019 at the Chateau, and it tastes like it’s barely evolved since then, great acid, ripe, round tannins, long, lingering finish, this should easily age another 10 years based on my history of tasting this cuvée since the 1998!! — 7 months ago

with Jim

Nichole Bosson

9.5

Jungsik nyc — 4 years ago

Daniel McCullough

9.8

D: 03/13. Knock your socks off stuff; deep golden brown; Pinot Noir tangy ness rounded into almost cane sugar. Contemplative wine - so interesting to try first time and it be fairly aged. — 5 years ago

Ryan Whalen

9.0

Manhattan Wine Company recommendation — 5 years ago

with Erin

Jay Kline

9.0

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of lunch. The Cuvée Prestige pours a straw color with a persistent mousse. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of apple, raspberry, fresh brioche, lemon curd and minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. Most of my experience with this producer has been focused on its Special Club bottling (I know, poor me), but I gotta say, this is a great representative of the family’s style! Super easy to enjoy. Drink now. Disgorged November of 2021. — a month ago

Mario Zillner

9.8

Disgorging: 5/30/2022, Dosage: 0 g/L — a month ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Cena granfinale troigoss — 4 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.5

This stuff was might fine as you might expect from M. Laval. Will hang onto the next one another 5-10 years — 8 months ago

Dylan Thomas

9.2

Champs all day — 10 months ago

Brian Hearty

9.2

NV. Disgorged 01/2017. Sugar 8 g/L. Pinot Noir 60%, Chardonnay 40%. Rich, bready, golden delicious apple. Paired great with Indian pakoras, samosas, and chana masala. — 5 years ago

Kamall

9.0

Interesting. Some age on it now and a lovely amber color. Rich and oxidative. Not where my tastes have evolved but really quite good. — 5 years ago