Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Champagne Brut Special Club Oger Grand Cru 2017 750ml

Disgorged in February 2024 with a dosage of 4.5 grams per liter, the 2017 Special Club Oger Grand Cru derives from the same four plots as its predecessor (with the majority from Les Terres de Noël and Bruly). It wafts from the glass with a bouquet of peach, quince and brioche, mingling with sweet citrus fruit. Full-bodied and textural, it possesses a generous core of fruit, supported by vibrant acidity and bright chalkiness, complemented by a pillowy mousse. Like its predecessor, it’s one of the more demonstrative, textural wines across the Special Club bottlings, interpreting the southern Côte des Blancs.

• Country: France
• Region: Champagne
• Size: 750ml
• Alcohol by Vol: 13.0%

Varietal

Champagne Blend

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn’t unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as ‘blanc de blanc’, meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or ‘blanc de noir’, which is made solely with Pinot Noir.