A. Margaine Spécial Club 2012

Woodsmoke, roasted apple and a briny, iodine-edged lift come first, followed by toasted brioche and white flowers. Despite the richness of barrel aging and full malolactic, the Villers-Marmery chalk stays insistent, stony, focused, threading through every layer. Fine, persistent bubbles carry the wine's weight with quiet precision to a long, tautly wound finish. Pure Chardonnay in every sense. Complete and utterly convincing, Margaine's benchmark in a serious vintage. Drink now through 2032.