Champagne André Clouet, “Grande Réserve” Grand Cru

Since the birth of SommSelect, we’ve enthusiastically championed Andre Clouet without pause. Their astonishingly affordable Champagne is packed to the brim with Grand Cru fruit from the iconic Pinot Noir village of Bouzy, and it always delivers a breathtaking luxury experience. Clouet continues defying everything I thought I knew about wine value and Econ 101: Demand keeps skyrocketing, price and quantity remain at an impossible low, and quality is shining at an all-time high.If there was enough of this dynamic, texturally rich, profoundly deep Grand Cru sparkler to go around, I’d be on the street singing its praises like a newspaper vendor of yore. Of course, that’s simply not the case: The cold, hard reality is that each shipment grows increasingly longer and smaller, to the point where we’re just about lined up at the port, with our eyes fixed on the horizon. For the newcomers: This is the be-all and end-all of value Champagne and, sadly, you’re already at a disadvantage because our