Cru De La Vallée Du Rhône

Château de Montfaucon

Baron Louis Cru Des Côtes du Rhône Lirac Red Rhone Blend 2020

Delicious, raspberry, cranberry, pepper. Young tasting and fruity with Dusty tanins. It is a very food friendly wine that could probably age another 5 years — 5 days ago

Marc Hébrart

Special Club Brut 1er Cru Champagne Blend 2019

😍 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.
 
— 2 months ago

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Paul K

Yum! I think we had the ‘18? Been too long! Tell @J Greene he needs to organize something!
Vanessa

Vanessa

@Paul K It has been too long, indeed!! We would love to schedule a reunion. Let’s make it happen!🥂🍾

Gaston Chiquet

Blanc de Blancs d'Aÿ Grand Cru Brut Champagne

Frivolous 375. — 7 months ago

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Marc Hébrart

Sélection Brut Mareuil Sur Ay 1er Cru Champagne Blend

Degorgement 10 january 2023 — 3 years ago

Jeroen, Edo and 5 others liked this

Lamiable

Tours-sur-Marne Grand Cru Brut Champagne

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

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Daniel Ginsburg

Cuvée Prestige Louis XVII Grand Cru Brut Champagne 1999

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

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Henri Goutorbe

Special Club Grand Cru Brut Champagne Blend 2015

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.
— 25 days ago

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Georges Laval

Les Hautes Chèvres Brut Nature Cumières 1er Cru Champagne 2017

Disgorging: 5/30/2022, Dosage: 0 g/L — 2 months ago

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Gonet-Médeville

Brut Blanc de Noirs 1er Cru Pinot Noir Champagne

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9.2

A beautiful blanc de noir — 5 years ago

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Gatinois

Aÿ Grand Cru Brut Champagne Blend

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

Domaine Gallety

Cuvée Spéciale Vallée du Rhône Red Rhone Blend

Manhattan Wine Company recommendation — 5 years ago

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Marc Hébrart

Brut 1er Cru Rosé Champagne Blend

Lovely rosé champagne. Stunning — 23 days ago

Henri Goutorbe

Cuvée Prestige 1er Cru Brut Champagne Blend

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. — 2 months ago

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R. Pouillon & Fils

Les Blanchiens Brut Nature 1er Cru Champagne Blend 2019

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

Georges Laval

Cumieres Les Chenes Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Brut Nature Millesime 2016

This stuff was might fine as you might expect from M. Laval. Will hang onto the next one another 5-10 years — 9 months ago

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Jacques Selosse

Lieux Dits La Cote Faron Aÿ Grand Cru Extra Brut Champagne

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

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Champagne Lallier

Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs

Jeremy Shanker
9.0

Good pop n pour blanc de blancs — 5 years ago

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