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A Margaine, Special Club Blanc de Blancs 1er Cru Brut, 2018

Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France
by A Margaine
$129.99
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Blanc de Blancs from the Montagne de Reims sounds like a contradiction, because this is Pinot Noir country. That's exactly why Villers-Marmery is worth knowing: it's a 1er Cru island of Chardonnay surrounded by Pinot, and it's home to the Margaine family's vines. The Margaines farm a Chardonnay clone that's specific to the area and found nowhere else in Champagne, planted on chalk and clay. The Spécial Club is their purest statement of it: one grape, one village, one vintage. The 2018 skipped malolactic fermentation, was fermented partly in oak barrels and partly in steel, spent 66 months on its lees, and was finished with a moderate 8 g/L dosage. Nothing about that is a shortcut, and it makes this a grower Champagne built for depth and tension rather than flash. It also has a nice bit of timing: 2018 is the year Mathilde Margaine came home to work alongside her father, Arnaud. She is the fifth generation to run the estate, and the first woman. If you want an insider's alternative to the big-house prestige bottlings, this is it.

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More about A Margaine

Mathilde Margaine is the fifth generation and first woman to lead the family domaine in Villers-Marmery—basically the Chardonnay island in a sea of Pinot Noir. Her family started making wine in 1796 (yes, 1796) and today she and her dad work just 6.5 hectares with obsessive care: blocked malolactic fermentations to preserve brightness, precise plot-by-plot work, and a "Special Club" membership since 1976. These are wines that taste refreshingly pure, not trying to show off.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Chardonnay

  • Vintage

    Champagne , 2018

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Style

    Crisp , Elegant

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine:

Practicing organic

100% Chardonnay

From Villers-Marmery 1er Cru (45% Alouette, 40% Ruelle, 15%Montmedy)

Chalk and clay terroir

No malo

60% stainless steel, 40% oak barrels

Aged 66 months on the lees

Dosage: 8g/L

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Raw oysters with mignonette; langoustines or scallops in brown butter; sole meunière; Comté gougères; salmon and yellowtail sashimi; roast chicken with morels and cream.

Tasting Profile

Expect a taut, chalk-driven Blanc de Blancs: lemon, green apple and white flowers, with the brioche and toasted-nut notes of long lees ageing and a subtle roundness from partial barrel fermentation. Skipping malolactic keeps the acidity bright and the mousse fine. Think of a sparkling Chablis with more depth, finishing dry, saline and long.

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