The 2012 J. Lassalle Special Club is made from 60% Pinot Noir & 40% Chardonnay. The vines average 50 yrs old. Hails from Chigny-Les-Roses. Winemakers Chantal Decelle-Lassalle and Angéline Templier farm using the practice of Lutte Raisonnée, which means they fall just short of organic. Sustainable but use minimal chemicals. Rain during and at the end of the season when Mother Nature doesn’t dry the grape clusters, chemicals are often necessary to prevent mold. This isn’t Sauternes!
Texturally, it is quite nice. Beautiful fine mousse and micro oxygenation. Lively but not aggressive acidity.
Green & golden apples, pear, pineapple, lime/lemon with zest, orange citrus blend, green melon & kiwi. White spice, bread dough, nougat, limestone bits, thick chalky powder, graham cracker crust, melted caramel, vanillin, saline, sea fossils, understated herbaceous notes, fruit blossoms, spring flowers with an elegant, smartly polished, well balanced, nicely structured-crafted finish that lasts 90 seconds & lands on volcanics & spice on the long set.
You could make case for 94 here. Perhaps fully with a few more yrs of bottle age.
Pairs well with the Jasper Hill Farms Limited Edition of their Champagne washed Harbison soft white.
The 2012 J. Lassalle Special Club is made from 60% Pinot Noir & 40% Chardonnay. The vines average 50 yrs old. Hails from Chigny-Les-Roses. Winemakers Chantal Decelle-Lassalle and Angéline Templier farm using the practice of Lutte Raisonnée, which means they fall just short of organic. Sustainable but use minimal chemicals. Rain during and at the end of the season when Mother Nature doesn’t dry the grape clusters, chemicals are often necessary to prevent mold. This isn’t Sauternes!
Texturally, it is quite nice. Beautiful fine mousse and micro oxygenation. Lively but not aggressive acidity.
Green & golden apples, pear, pineapple, lime/lemon with zest, orange citrus blend, green melon & kiwi. White spice, bread dough, nougat, limestone bits, thick chalky powder, graham cracker crust, melted caramel, vanillin, saline, sea fossils, understated herbaceous notes, fruit blossoms, spring flowers with an elegant, smartly polished, well balanced, nicely structured-crafted finish that lasts 90 seconds & lands on volcanics & spice on the long set.
You could make case for 94 here. Perhaps fully with a few more yrs of bottle age.
Pairs well with the Jasper Hill Farms Limited Edition of their Champagne washed Harbison soft white.
Dec 13th, 2025
Pale lemon in color.
Medium bodied with high acidity and medium sized bubbles.
Dry on the palate with nice complexity.
Showing limes, grapefruits, lemons, green apples, brioche, yeast, minerals and spices.
This 13 year old Champagne feels very young and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly. Complex and interesting.
Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.
11.5% alcohol by volume.
90 points.
$120.
Pale lemon in color.
Medium bodied with high acidity and medium sized bubbles.
Dry on the palate with nice complexity.
Showing limes, grapefruits, lemons, green apples, brioche, yeast, minerals and spices.
This 13 year old Champagne feels very young and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly. Complex and interesting.
Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.
11.5% alcohol by volume.
90 points.
$120.
Aug 11th, 2025
Dry, yeasty, sourdough with lemon zest.
Dry, yeasty, sourdough with lemon zest.
Jul 24th, 2022
Chigny-Les-Roses, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, France
