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2013 Launois "Special Club" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne (Ships as a 1.5L Due to Bottle Size/Shape)

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Without a doubt, this is one of the best Champagnes we carry at any price. This is made from the Launois "mother vines" the massal selected old vines planted from 1947-1953 on the best mid-slope sites of their grand cru vineyards in Mesnil, Oger and Cramant. This is the last special club that they will ever produce, as they are moving to a proprietary tete-de-cuvee in the future. This shows off how well Chardonnay did in 2013 with laser like focus and a display of chalk that is hard to find in any other bottling, but at the same time remains creamy and generous. Because of the shape of this 750ml bottle, it must ship in a magnum box. (Gary Westby, K&L Champagne Buyer)

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2013 Launois "Special Club" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne (Ships as a 1.5L Due to Bottle Size/Shape)

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By: Tim Telli | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 7/28/2021 | Send Email

A new vintage of the Launois Special Club! Super fresh nose with slight hints of almonds and marzipan. Lots of fruit and lemon zest. This wine just screams freshness. There is plenty of ripe fruit and the wine has excellent balance with great acid on the finish. There are hints of richness and it is very vinous finishing with meyer lemon. This drinks extremely well now but has the legs to age gracefully for many many years.

By: Gary Westby | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 7/22/2021 | Send Email

This is the very last vintage of Special Club that the Launois family will make, and they have gone out with a bang! The 2013 vintage was a late one, and like in Burgundy, a huge success for Chardonnay. This wine is sourced exclusively from the treasured, old vine plots from the 1940's and 1950's in the Grand Cru's of this families Cotes des Blancs estate. It is a masterpiece that offers not only open white flower aromatics and perfect silky texture from a tiny bead of bubbles, but also a laser like, bone dry, nearly infinite finish that shows of the pure chalk of these priceless vineyards. This is drinking so well right now when paired with shellfish or a sushi dinner, and will evolve for decades in a good cellar.

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By: Giovanni Bueno | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 6/23/2021 | Send Email

You’ve got to get your hands on this 2013 Launois Special Club. Launois Special Clubs have been known to disappear like a desert cactus flower by the light of the morning sun. Swelling aromas of biscuit and gravel wrap themselves around yellow pear and squeezed lemon in a hug of bright acidity fresh enough to cut through the fattiest of sausage. The chalky finish of the wine reminds you that Launois makes its home on the fat chalky outcrop of Le Mesnil Sur Oger and the Chardonnay from this region sings with beautiful acidity. This is a wine that might not make it to that pork chop or fish dinner, before it succumbs to your tastefully gathered aperitif spread. Make it a special night, buy a Special Club.

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Varietal:

Chardonnay

- It's hard to believe that up until about 30 years ago, this extremely popular varietal hid behind the veil of geographical names like Chablis and Puligny-Montrachet. Now grown all over the world and bottled by its varietal name, Chardonnay has achieved a level of branding unlike any other wine. Surprisingly, though, what you get when you buy Chardonnay can differ greatly from country to country and even within one country, depending on the climate where it's grown and how it is vinified and aged. From fresh, crisp and minerally with apple and lemon notes to rich and buttery with tropical fruit overtones, Chardonnay runs the gamut. In France's Burgundy, Chardonnay is the source of the prized wines of Chablis, Corton-Charlemagne, Mâcon, Meursault and Montrachet. It also the foundation of exceptional Champagne, where it is blended with Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier or vinified on its own into Blanc de Blancs. It is also extremely popular in California, and is gaining popularity in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Spain and South Africa.

Country:

France

- When it comes to wine, France stands alone. No other country can beat it in terms of quality and diversity. And while many of its Region, Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne most obviously, produce wine as rare, as sought-after and nearly as expensive as gold, there are just as many obscurities and values to be had from little known appellations throughout the country. To learn everything there is to know about French wine would take a lifetime. To understand and appreciate French wine, one only has to begin tasting them.

Sub-Region:

Champagne

- The French region of Champagne (comprised of the towns of Rheims, Epernay, and Ay) was the first region in the world to make sparkling wine in any quantity. Today, the name of the region is synonymous with the finest of all sparkling wines, and winemaking traditions of Champagne have become role models for sparkling wine producers, worldwide. Surprisingly, the region of Champagne is now responsible for only one bottle in 12 of all sparkling wine produced. Styles of champagne range from the basic brut (often blends of several vintages), single vintage champagnes, and rose.