Marc Lurton

Marc Brédif

Classic Vouvray Chenin Blanc 2022

Medium lemon color with aromas of stone fruits and floral notes for the 100% Chenin Blanc. On the flavors of ripe apple and pears with citrus notes. Medium+ finish, ending with fruit and floral character. — 23 days ago

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Jean-Marc Roulot

Bourgogne Blanc Chardonnay 2018

Refreshing with its pure, racy & precise notes — 2 months ago

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Jean-Marc Pillot

Les Vergers Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay 2017

Cool lime and a shiny undertow. Lovely fresh fruit- restrained, detailed, delicate but intense with a puckering saline finish. Really delicious — 2 months ago

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Domaine Marc Roy

Clos Prieur Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir 2019

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
9.0

Nice but simple. Slightly short in aromas and flavors. #gevrychambertin #gevreychambertin — 3 months ago

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Marie-Laure Lurton

La Tour de Bessan Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

2022 vintage. Dark red, much deeper colour than usual for this estate. Marie-Laure Lurton seems to have gone for a bit more extraction in this exceptional vintage. More powerful than usual, with a fresh black fruit personality,embedded in a tight, ripe tannic structure. Serious length too. Decanting recommended,as it showed better the next day. Ab. 14%. — a month ago

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Jean-Marc Brocard

Vau de Vey Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2022

Delectable Wine
9.2

The 2022 Chablis Vau de Vey 1er Cru has a lovely bouquet with orchard fruit scents bursting from the glass with a bit more gusto than last year. The palate is fresh and vibrant with a slightly viscous texture and a saline finish. Excellent. (Neal Martin, Vinous, August 2024)
— 2 months ago

Belondrade y Lurton

Rueda Verdejo 2022

Jeremy Shanker
9.2

One of Spain’s great wine wines. Reminiscent of top white Bordeaux. — 3 months ago

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Jean-Marc Burgaud

Côte du Py Morgon Gamay

Drinks like a fairly full bodied vintage. Very nice. Enjoying with escargot, mussels and steak! — 3 months ago

Marc Deschamps

Les Champs de Cri Pouilly-Fumé Sauvignon Blanc 2017

Called SB. Didn’t make me 🤮. — a month ago

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Marc Hébrart

Special Club Brut 1er Cru Champagne Blend 2018

This is the 2018 Marc Hébrart Brut ‘Special Club’ – a beautiful bottle of vintage bubbles hailing from a collection of premier and grand cru sites in the Marne and Montagne de Reims regions of Champagne, France.

When you see “Special Club” on the label of a bottle with this distinctive shape, you’re dealing with essentially a prestige cuvée of a grower-producer who’s a member of the “Club Trésors.”

Marc Hébrart joined the Club Trésors in 1985, which is an association of quality-minded grower-producers. Grower-producers operate differently than the big champagne houses (e.g., Veuve-Clicquot) in that they are smaller-scale vignerons who own the entire production process from the vineyard to the winery and cellar.

They have helped raise awareness and appreciation of artisanal champagne wines that speak to a sense of place and personality, unobscured by extensive, widespread blending.

To achieve the status of “Special Club” a wine must undergo a rigorous application process and meet minimum quality metrics culminating with in two blind tasting panels – the first tasting evaluates the base wine after the first fermentation; the second and final tasting occurs after a minimum of three years aging sur lie.

From our studies we’ve learned the 2018 vintage bore above-average fruit; the warm and dry summer paved the way for a riper expression in an otherwise marginal climate. This wine is made with 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay.

The bouquet has a medium (+) intensity of yellow and green apple, lemon zest, white peach, gardenia, almond biscotti, nougat, pastry, biscuit, and toast notes. The palate is creamy with vibrant acidity, adding lift, a fine-beaded, persistent mousse and long, elegant finish.

— 2 months ago

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Vanessa

Vanessa

@David T Isn’t that interesting considering it has more than doubled in membership since then and seems to be a successful venture. Do you why the other founders left?
David T

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In no way did I mean to lessen SC bottling’s if it was interpreted that way. There are producer ego driven personalities intermixing here and that accounts for the fair amount of change. I believe there are still 29 SC producers.
Vanessa

Vanessa

@David T Oh I was truly just curious! It is an interesting fact. 😆 🥂 Thank you for sharing it.