Joshua's Special Club Champagnes
These are the four best Spécial Club producers available for special order — all with age, drinking beautifully now and for the next 20 years. Please let me know what you'd like to order by noon PST on Tuesday, June 3rd. Bottles will be special ordered and available for pickup Thursday, June 4th.
James Tran · Sommelier, Artisan Wine & Spirits
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Gaston Chiquet “Spécial Club” Grand Cru Brut Millésime 2016
Champagne, France
$115.00
$104.97
Save $10.03 (9% off)
“The 2016 Special Club is a delight. Lemon oil, chalk, mint, white flowers, slate and dried herbs are all beautifully lifted. This energetic, vibrant Champagne has so much to offer. I find its complex, dynamic personality utterly beguiling. The 2016 growing season presented more than its fair share of challenges, all of which Chiquet handled with aplomb.”
Disgorged Oct 2024 · 68% Chardonnay, 32% Pinot Noir · 90+ months on the lees
Also rated: JD 93+
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A. Margaine “Spécial Club” Blanc de Blancs Brut 2018
Villers-Marmery 1er Cru, Champagne, France
$145.00
$129.99
Save $15.01 (10% off)
“The 2018 Brut Blanc de Blancs Spécial Club is terrific. Bright and finely cut, this chiseled jewel of a wine impresses with its weight, energy and tension. Lemon peel, chalk, mint, white pepper, lemon oil and crushed rocks bristle with saline-infused energy. I especially admire the vibrancy and delineation here.”
Disgorged March 2025 · 100% Chardonnay · 60 months on the lees
Also rated: JD 94
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Paul Bara “Spécial Club” Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Brut 2018
Bouzy Grand Cru, Champagne, France
$143.00
$134.99
Save $8.01 (6% off)
“The Special Club is one of the more powerful, vinous Champagnes in this range. It offers up a beguiling mix of orchard fruit, white flowers, chalk, mint and white pepper, all backed by considerable volume and substance.”
— Antonio Galloni · review reflects prior 2015 vintage · 70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay
Paul Bara Rosé “Spécial Club” Grand Cru Brut 2019
Bouzy Grand Cru, Champagne, France
$176.00
$159.97
Save $16.03 (9% off)
“Pale rose gold in color with a fine bead, the nose has very expressive, pristine aromas of summer red berries, sweet spice and ripe citrus. The medium-bodied palate has considerable acid verve marked by minerality and mouthwatering salinity. It is a lithe, gastronomic rosé.”
(Nov 2023) · review reflects prior 2016 vintage · 70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay · first rosé in Club Trésors history