- 100% Chardonnay
- From Cramant Grand Cru (40% Buissons, 23% Champ du Prévôt, 21% Hautes Bauves, 16% Terroir); Chalk
- Yes malo
- Fermented and aged in stainless steel
- Aged 60+ months on the lees
- Dosage: 4.5g/L
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2017
Country:
France
Region:
Champagne
Appellation:
Cote de Blancs
Variety:
Chardonnay
Color:
White
Farming Practice:
Sustainable
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | FR-KPG-43-17 | 6/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2025-08-05
"Pie crust, chalk, grapefruit and nutmeg on the nose of this chalky, minerally Champagne. Tight and driven, with sharp acidity and very fine bubbles. Delicious sea salt and citrus notes come through at the end. 100% chardonnay from Caramant. 3 g/L dosage. Disgorged February 2024. Drink or hold."
Vinous
Score
94
Date
2025-12-30
"The 2017 Special Club Cramant Grand Cru is a total delight. Creamy and resonant, with fabulous balance, the 2017 is a superb choice for drinking now and over the next handful of years. Racy contours wrap around a core of vibrant citrus-tinged fruit. Hints of marzipan, dried flowers, chamomile, mint and tangerine oil round things out in style. The 2017 is a blend from the Terres de Buisson, Bateau and Terroir lieux-dits. Dosage is 3.5 grams per liter. Disgorged: January 2025."
Wine Advocate
Score
92
Date
2024-12-19
"The new 2017 Special Club Cramant Grand Cru derives from several lieux-dits within the village and incorporates fruit from vines planted between 1911 and 1982. Disgorged in October 2023 with four grams per liter dosage, it opens from the glass to reveal aromas of white flowers, brioche, orange zest and pear. Slightly broader and less tight-knit than the 2016 rendition, it™s textural yet vibrant and laden with bright acidity and chalky extract. This is a wine that Gimonnet describes as the œnec plus ultra” of his single-village cuvées, and it proves the point, even if it appears to be more immediate than its predecessor."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
James Suckling
Score
96
Date
2022-07-18
Vinous
Score
95
Date
2020-11-18
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2020-04-30
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2023-07-12
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
94
Date
2024-12-22
"The 2016 Champagne Grand Cru Special Club Cramant Brut displays a slightly more direct nature in the glass, with more bright green apple fruit coming forward, followed by notes of light reduction, lime zest, and a lightly savory element of lime leaf as well. It™s more powerful and austere on the palate, with driving intensity, a peppery mousse, and a clean, mouthwatering saltiness on the finish. It™s going to benefit from another year or more in the cellar. Drink over the coming 15 or more years."
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2024-12-19
"Disgorged in summer 2024 with four grams per liter dosage, the 2016 Special Club Cramant Grand Cru hails from seven different lieux-dits. Described by Gimonnet as œnec plus ultra” among his standalone Special Club bottlings, this wine is another success. Wafting from the glass with a deep bouquet of jasmine, Asian pear, citrus fruit, and hazelnut, it™s layered and harmonious, and one can see why Gimonnet thinks the blend (from several plots within the village) is greater than the sum of its parts. Leaner and a tauter than the 2017 rendition, it™s precise and focused, concluding with a long, saline finish. It has every prerequisite to be another long-lived edition of this generally age-worthy cuvée."
Vinous
Score
93
Date
2023-11-01
"The 2016 Extra Brut Spécial Club Cramant Grand Cru is airy and light on its feet. A Champagne of total understatement, this hovers over the palate with sublime finesse. This is 100% Chardonnay sourced from a blend of multiple old vine Grand Cru plots (some more than 100 years old). Crushed rocks, lemon peel, mint, white flowers, pear and tangerine oil all take shape. The Cramant is not an obvious or overt Champagne, but it is undeniably beautiful and alluring. Dosage is 4 grams per liter. Disgorged: November, 2022."