Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

Not as bad as I remember it. It’s been a while though.

Slightly, bruised pear & red & green apple, lime zest, lemon pulp, some ginger white spice w/ a touch of heat, limestone mixed in volcanic minerals, crisp chalkiness, sea spray, yeasty bread dough, yellow & white spring flowers, lively acidity and a balanced & nicely polished elegant finish that last 45 seconds and lands on volcanics.

Emirates SFO. — a month ago

Sharon B

9.3

My celebration drink of choice after 30 years with the agency I worked with. Can’t wait to sleep in, read books, take naps and continue to drink delicious wine!! Cheers! 🍾🥂 — 3 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

They poured this from magnum at last years at Pebble Beach Food & Wine- From The Cellar Event. I have never much cared for their Yellow Label or La Grande Dame. But this vintage anniversary cuvée is quite nice. Perhaps, the only offering I’ve had from them and truly enjoyed. Pouring at the event was their Winemaker-Marie Charlemagne. — 6 months ago

Kurt Schuster

9.0

Gentle red fruit, crisp and chewy. Good clarity. Slightly saline. First champagne after the new baby! — a month ago

with Denise

Andrew McIntyre

9.5

Perfect start to the night. Deep caramel notes. Really like this Champagne — 2 months ago

Vinny Brooklyn

9.0

Celebratory champagne for Alex & Maarten’s marriage ceremony, at Bistango. — 5 months ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Soft wild strawberry. Slate and cool oyster shells. Limpid and lucid. Refined. Excellent — 2 months ago

with Matt and David

Hayden Hamilton

9.5

One of my favorite champagnes of all time. No bitterness. Tons of bright red fruit. — 2 months ago

Gladys Xiques

9.2

Crisp. Chalky. Notes of honeysuckle. — 4 months ago

Vanessa

9.3

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.

— a year ago

with Deked1