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Champagne Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Special Club Cuis 1er Cru 2018
Côte des Blancs, Champagne, FranceDidier, the third generation of the Gimonnet vine growing family, oversees the winemaking of this Côtes des Blancs grower champagne house based in Cuis, with 30 HA owned. In 2018, Didier Gimonnet had enough wine in excess to try a single Special Club Cuis, without disturbing the integrity of his flagship 1er cru bottling. This comes from two older plots, and was fermented in stainless with full MLF. It was disgorged in June 2023. Powerful and savoury, woven with perfumed lemon pith and peel, and a medicinal herbal vein throughout. Structural and powerful, yet graceful and finessed, gripped with chalk which lingers on the finish. Such a beauty. Though a proper Special Club, due to glass shortages they were unable to use the traditional and marked Special Club bottle, so they were given dispensation to use a different bottle for this vintage.Tasted: 29 November 2024Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| France | $76.00 | 750ml | France (euros) |
Le Sommelier Inc.
Grape: Chardonnay
