2018 Special Club - Marc Hebrart

New Release - Instant Classic

The 2018 Vintage is another excellent year in the string that, with the exception of 2017 stretches back to 2012. It is comforting to still be able to find top-flight vintage champagnes from excellent growers in excellent years at prices such as this. We urge you to take advantage before things change!

The 2018 Special Club will easily last a decade and probably a quarter-century, or as long as most of us will need.

Special Club is always reliable, often affordable, and quintessential. For the uninitiated, The 'Special Club' designation is awarded to special wines made by members of the elite 'Club Tresors de Champagne.' They are generally, well-established grower-winemakers (growers'-own R.V. houses.) The wines must be exceptional and pass a taste test by their peers before they can be released in the unique and iconic, squat and low, Special Club bottle.

They are always good and often exceptional. With few exceptions, they are also very well priced.
 
Marc Hebrart - A Master in La Vallee de la Marne, Where Blending is the Finest Art.
This is the land of Dom Perignon, the monk, not the party wine. His genius and his fame was his ability to blend wines from his different vineyards, different grapes, and different vineyards to achieve complexity, depth, and character in excess of the sum of the parts. While the modern trend is now towards site-specific, varietal vintage wines, in the Vallee, the blend remains the true currency of success. Hebrart is a master of this ancient art and his wines remain true to the classic standards at the highest level.

"Hebrart’s wines have a broad appeal: if you like to think about your wines, they’re intellectually engaging enough to satisfy you; on the other hand, if you’re just looking to drink, they’re simply delicious.  The wines are full and generous without being weighty, complex and soil-driven without being demanding.  Overall, the entire range is of consistently high quality, and Hébrart is quickly becoming one of the finest grower estates in the Grande Vallée.  Happily, his wines also represent excellent value for the money, at least for the moment."  - Peter Liem, Champagne Guide


Offered from new European purchases, first batch due soon, remainder due in April.