2016 Pierre Gimonnet "Special Club Oger" Brut Champagne

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Style: Sparkling

Vintage: 2016

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Country: France

Region: Champagne

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Bin Location: 4600D


A few names come to mind when thinking of the premier producers of the Côt de Blancs: Pierre Peters, Salon, and, of course, Pierre Gimonnet. The Gimonnet family has been making wine in the village of Cuis since 1750, and Pierre himself took over in 1935. The estate is now run by his grandsons Didier and Olivier, and the wines have never been better. Cuis is the home base, but the family has 29.4 hectares of prime parcels across the marquee terroirs and Grand Crus of the Côte de Blancs, including Chouilly, Cramant, and Oger. The secret factor that makes these wines so incredible is the fact that most of the family's vine are at least 35 years old, and more than 70% of vineyard holdings are over 40 years old and even some 100 plus year old vines!

The family focuses almost entirely on Chardonnay, and the house style is crisp and clean, allowing you to fully experience the white chalk soils the Grand Crus of the Côte de Blancs is so famous for. The wines strike the perfect balance of richness, striking minerality, and sharp acidity, and most cuvées are vinified and aged in tank before going through full malolactic, long lees aging, and topped off with a very minimal dosage. The wines are electric and powerful and yet also somehow delicate and filigreed like a beautiful Roman statue hand chiseled out of pure chalk. 

100% Chardonnay aged on the lees for 6 years.

95 Points from James Suckling: "Striking nose of candied orange peel with a touch of red berry and delicate bread dough notes. Generous and ripe with some real power on the palate, the fruit pouring over the palate in one great wave, the chalky minerality almost under the waterline, but deftly supporting the long finish. Bottled on the 27 April 2017 and disgorged in November 2022. Drink or hold. (7/4/23)"

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San Antonio Orders

Thanks for your patience as we prepare to fully open the shop in San Antonio! Any wine that is ordered with a selection to pickup in San Antonio will be available for pickup in San Antonio in 2-3 business days unless otherwise stated. If you have any questions, you can reach out to Josh at (210) 388-5556. You can pick up your wine at 2810 N Flores Street in the Alta Vista neighborhood of San Antonio.

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