2016 Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Special Club Oger Grand Cru

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Stuart Pigott - JamesSuckling.com

Striking nose of candied orange peel with a touch of red berry and delicate bread dough notes. Generous and ripe with some real power on the palate, the fruit pouring over the palate in one great wave, the chalky minerality almost under the waterline, but deftly supporting the long finish. Bottled on the 27 April 2017 and disgorged in November 2022.

92 POINTS

Kristaps Karklins - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The most giving and broad-shouldered of the village bottlings in this vintage is the 2016 Special Club Oger Grand Cru, hailing from four plots in the village of Oger. Disgorged in the summer of 2024 with a dosage of 4.5 grams per liter, it soars from the glass with aromas of elderflower, ripe citrus fruit and smoke. Full-bodied and textural, structured around a rich, sweet core of fruit and underpinned by succulent but vibrant acidity, it is gourmand and fruit-forward, reflecting the identity of the southern Côte des Blancs. Gimonnet reveals that Oger is the highest-yielding village at his estate.