2015 Marc Hebrart ‘Special Club’ 1er Cru Brut Champagne 1.5L

Winemaker Notes: Jean-Paul Hébrart took over the operations of Marc Hébrart Champagne in the Vallée de la Marne from his father Marc in 1997. This estate is not exactly new: Jean-Paul’s father has been producing champagne under the Marc Hébrart name since 1964 and has been a member of the Special Club since 1985. Hébrart farms 14 hectares of vines on 65 different sites in 6 villages: the 1er cru vineyards of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Avenay, Val d’Or and Bisseuil and the grand crus villages of Aÿ as well as Chouilly and Oiry in the Côte des Blancs. Each parcel is always vinified separately in glass lined stainless steel and ceramic tanks. He is slowly phasing out the ceramic as it is more difficult to control the temperature. Hébrart is also experimenting barrel fermentation and indigenous yeast fermentation for some of his older vine parcels.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM


Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - "Disgorged in July 2019, Hébrart's 2015 Brut Premier Cru Special Club is showing as well as I predicted, wafting from the glass with scents of white peach, apple blossom, iris, papaya and freshly baked bread. Medium to full-bodied, charming and gourmand, it's elegantly fleshy, with succulent acids, an ample core of fruit, a delicate pinpoint mousse and a mouthwateringly saline finish."