Neil Valenzuela

8.9

Pale straw color. Aromas of Meyer lemon and brioche, with small delicate bubbles. Crisp and full of citrus notes. — 19 days ago

Steve Anderson

9.4

Beautiful. @Lyle Fass selection, but purchased by me at auction — 2 years ago

Harry Pratt

10

A Joe’s Club selection. A very good Chardonnay. — 4 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.4

A great reward for a very long day of outside chores; lawn, extensive plantings in the gardens, harvest in the early Fall might be the end of me this year. I hope we have enough canning jars!?

Prior notes apply, and then some, worthy of the score alone on the nose. Palate is amazing, slightly better than prior bottles. Last bottle on this stellar NV selection. Need to get more cellar depth on this one.

Stunning out of Riedel Vinum Champagne glasses! — 5 years ago

Diane M. Napolitano

9.8

From White Horse Wine and Spirits. Grapefruit, sparkling apple juice, vanilla, 🤤 — 22 days ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Happy holidays. 🎅🧑‍🎄 ☃️ 🎄 🎁 ❄️

This is delicious. When it first hits your palate, it’s like hey, woah. It is super soft, micro-micro oxygenation. Delicate mousse, some maltiness, red apple cider reduction, pear, lemon meringue, lime pulp, grapefruit, orange peel, tropical melon, ripe pineapple, saline, sea fossils, chalky powder with an edge as it sets, white spice-ginger, white pepper, love the perfect limestone powder, brioche, baguette, some dough & light yeast, orange blossoms, white, spring flowers, racy, crisp acidity, excellent tension, structure, balance with beautiful long finish that lingers 90-120 seconds. Certainly one of the best and different champagne I’ve had in some time.

This cuvée is 100% Chardonnay and comes from the villages of Cramant, Chouilly, and Cuis.

Special Club Champagne must be produced with grapes from outstanding vintages harvested from the estates own vineyards. The cuvée must also be estate bottled and aged. It is the tête de cuvée(the most premier bottle of a grower’s estate) selection for the Champagne house.

There were 12 founding members, three of which currently remain: Pierre Gimonnet, Gaston Chiquet and Paul Bara. New members come and go every year. As of 2021, there are 28 members.

The process to become a Special Club is as follows. The wines must pass two rigorous stages of selection. Before that happens, members gather each February to taste each other’s still wines from the previous vintage. The members vote on whether to declare a vintage year, which would mean that the vintage was outstanding, and worthy enough of a vintage-dated Champagne. The vote must be unanimous. — a year ago

S C H

9.9

Very fruity, still nice with food. Tastes slightly sweeter than a near dry. Bought at wine shop near film house — 3 months ago

Pooneet K

9.2

Very nice Cornas from a producer I haven’t had before. Great selection by the somm at Daniel to go with relatively meaty second and third courses. Ever so slightly “modern” in terms of the seamlessness and hint of oak. But really a very nice wine with great dark fruit, pepper, olive, everything you’d want from a northern Rhone. Nice acid on the finish too. — 2 years ago

Silver Eyes

9.0

Versatile, balanced white that goes well with several dishes. Sometimes, that’s all you need! — 2 years ago

Mark Howard

9.3

Excellent selection to celebrate Lauren’s birthday 🎂! Very clean, elegant, powerful pinot flavors, crisp without the high brioche toasty finish. Well done and happy birthday to Lauren. 🎉🍾 🎁 — 5 years ago

with Elizabeth