Cheers to a sparkling weekend!
We’re launching into it with this beautiful bottle of grower bubbly produced by H. Goutorbe with 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay hailing from estate vineyards of Aÿ, a coveted terroir in the Grande Vallée de la Marne.
This “Special Club” cuvée comes exclusively from the warm 2015 vintage, which faced hydric stress and drought conditions.
For producers like H. Goutorbe, the vintage yielded fabulously ripe grapes lending supple, plush qualities to their expression in the glass.
The concentration of fleshy fruit character matches well with Goutorbe’s extensive lees aging over the course of 60 months, finally disgorged in October, 2024 with a Brut level of dosage.
The mousse and mouthfeel are creamy and fine with layers of honeycrisp apple, ripe white peach, mango peel, kumquat, lemon curd, oyster shell, piece crust, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, and chalk.
Cheers to a sparkling weekend!
We’re launching into it with this beautiful bottle of grower bubbly produced by H. Goutorbe with 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay hailing from estate vineyards of Aÿ, a coveted terroir in the Grande Vallée de la Marne.
This “Special Club” cuvée comes exclusively from the warm 2015 vintage, which faced hydric stress and drought conditions.
For producers like H. Goutorbe, the vintage yielded fabulously ripe grapes lending supple, plush qualities to their expression in the glass.
The concentration of fleshy fruit character matches well with Goutorbe’s extensive lees aging over the course of 60 months, finally disgorged in October, 2024 with a Brut level of dosage.
The mousse and mouthfeel are creamy and fine with layers of honeycrisp apple, ripe white peach, mango peel, kumquat, lemon curd, oyster shell, piece crust, brioche, toasted almond, nougat, and chalk.
Oct 9th, 2026
Aÿ, Vallée de la Marne, Champagne, France
