The 2019 Brut Spécial Club 1er Cru (65% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay) is pure and seductive. Ample and creamy in feel, with gorgeous texture, the 2019 is fabulous right out of the gate. Dried pear, citrus peel, spice and crushed rocks open as the 2019 shows off its considerable charms. Readers will have a hard time keeping their hands off this. Dosage is 5 grams per liter. Disgorged between April and October 2023.

A silver/straw hue, the 2019 Champagne Special Club Brut is a very pretty wine made from 60% Pinot Noir and the rest Chardonnay, all originating from the Premier and Grand Cru villages of Louvois, Chouilly, and Mareuil-sur-Ay. Revealing aromas of sea spray, pure ripe raspberry, and fresh flowers, it moves seamlessly to the palate, where it offers a refined mousse with an approachable feel, its crystalline fruit shining through to a clean and graceful finish. A very attractive wine, it's showing beautifully now and should hold up nicely over the coming 8-10 years.

There's good tension and harmony to this graceful Champagne, with racy acidity playing off the plush-textured, satinlike mousse. Flavors of white cherry, apple, blanched almond, candied ginger and orchard blossoms are underscored by minerally chalk and oyster shell notes. Fresh and lingering on the spiced finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Disgorged February 2023. Drink now through 2034. 250 cases imported.