Paul Bara

Special Club Brut Grand Cru Champagne 2016

9.6

Sensational Champagne with pale gold color and deep autolytic flavors. Crisp ripe apple and lemon, chalky minerality, subtle raspberry, biscuit, brioche, Acacia, hawthorn, and hazelnut with an achingly long finish showing chalk, flint, honey and biscuit. A dazzling match with pan-seared scallops. — a month ago

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José Michel & Fils

Special Club Brut Champagne 2015

Mackenzie Svee

9.5

Golden yellow in color, with delicate and lively bubbles. The nose has elegant aromatic complexity, with superb finesse, floral hints (rose), hazelnut, and almond aromas. Generous and unctuous, with undertones of toasted bread, stewed yellow-fleshed fruit, and a slight floral touch. — 3 months ago

Cantina del Pino

Albesani Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2005

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. In the 2005 Albesani pours a garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears and no signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with powerful notes of tart and ripe red fruit: Morello cherry, pomegranate, red roses, cedar chest, a touch of leather, dried green herbs, and gravity earth. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with high tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. All around delicious. Drink now through 2035. — 4 months ago

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Pierre Gimonnet & Fils

Special Club Grands Terroirs de Chardonnay 2016

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Solid champagne producer vintage in, vintage out. This is an EB.

I did not pay $177, $89. — a month ago

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J. Lassalle

Special Club Brut 1er Cru Champagne Blend 2012

"Odedi"

9.0

Pale lemon in color.

Medium bodied with high acidity and medium sized bubbles.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing limes, grapefruits, lemons, green apples, brioche, yeast, minerals and spices.

This 13 year old Champagne feels very young and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly. Complex and interesting.

Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.

11.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$120. — 2 months ago