A grower house who for centuries provided the highest-quality grapes to the great Champagne houses, Gaston Chiquet has now become its own producer of “grower Champagne”, equal to that of the “Grandes Marques” but with the character of the place where it originates.

Nicolas Chiquet’s Special Club comes mostly from his home town of Dizy, a blend of pinot noir (38 percent) with chardonnay (10 percent of the chardonnay grown in Aÿ). He ferments it in stainless steel, sustaining the wine’s clean chardonnay freshness against the richer tones of corn silk, toasted grain and vibrant hints of plum. The wine’s creaminess will match langoustines roasted in a wood oven…or shrimp and grits.