★平均樹齡50年，20% Pinot Noir來自Aÿ特級村; 50% Pinot Noir來自Mareuil-sur-Aÿ一級村; 30% Chardonnay來自Mareuil-sur-Aÿ一級村。年產12000支。
Special Cuvée向來都是Marc Hébrart酒莊的旗艦香檳，格外優雅，具有十足的獨特個性。香氣深沉而複雜，帶有優雅的白花、百合與茉莉芬芳，結合蘋果、櫻桃、檸檬、葡萄柚與杏桃等豐富果香，以及些許細緻的奶油與堅果氣息。飽滿濃郁的酒體中蘊含輕盈氣泡，伴隨清爽俐落的礦物風味，餘韻悠長。
92 pts Antonio Galloni, vinous.com (Dec 2017):
The 2012 Brut Spécial Club Millésimé 1er Cru is a powerful, authoritative wine. Lemon peel, white flowers and orchard fruit are some of the many nuances that blossom in a rich, resonant Champagne loaded with class and personality. Creamy and ample, with terrific depth and plenty of volume, the 2012 will drink well for a number of years. The 2012 finishes just a touch dry, but there is a good deal of substance as well. Disgorged: April 2017. Dosage is 6.5 grams per liter.
92 pts John Gilman, View From the Cellar (69), (Jan 2018):
This is still quite young as there is no trace of maturity to the super-fresh, yeasty, citrusy and green apple-suffused nose. There is excellent intensity to the delicious and reasonably complex flavors where the supporting and very firm mousse possesses a fine bead on the clean, dry and somewhat linear and lean finish. This is not particularly complex at present but this is clearly not at its peak and I would suggest buying this only if you intend to allow it at least another 3 to 7 years of bottle age. (Drink starting 2024)
92 pts Gault&Millau :
Unfortunately made in a very small volume for the Spécial Club, this 2012 is superbly balanced. A fine, crystalline nose of fresh grapes is followed by a palate of white fruit, chalk and citrus. Full-bodied, never devoid of finesse, this cuvée is a Champagne example: between fruit and chalky tension. Buy it all.
Marc Hébrart 創立於1964年，當時第一年的總產量只有280瓶，透過上一代的殷實耕耘，才將土地擴大到目前約12.5ha的小規模。當時年僅19歲的第二代Jean-Paul Hébrart在1983年起就加入釀造。父子兩代堅持古法，持續釀造出令人讚賞的美味佳釀。1997年時合併家族土地，並將Marc Hébrart推上另一個高峰，成為世界香檳行家間熱門的精品RM香檳。
為維持傳統的香檳工藝與滋味Marc Hébrart香檳至今仍採用大量的人工方式進行生產，與Selosse等頂尖的RM廠相同。堅持古典方式人工採收，舊式壓榨機，手動轉瓶除渣，因此產量非常稀少。以酒莊的粉紅香檳為例，年產量僅2,500瓶。釀造時使用不銹鋼桶，與少部分的橡木桶，不進行攪桶，以保持葡萄原本的純淨自然的風味。
Marc Hébrart香檳的葡萄75%為Pinot Noir，以Mareuil sur Aÿ為主，其他分散在Avenay，Bisseuil，Aÿ等特級村；25% 的Chardonnay 則位於Chouilly，Oiry特級村。總計65塊田地。採用近似自然動力法的傳統栽種方式，培養酒莊所擁有平均30年以上樹齡的老藤。 Jean-Paul Hébrart並不特別強調低補糖，因為他認為過少的Dosage 反倒會減損香檳整體的平衡感與尾韻的長度。
1985年時酒莊加入Club Trésors de Champagne。該團體是香檳區中優秀的RM廠為了追求高品質，也為了國際市場需要，經過高達三次的嚴格評比，才可使用Special Club的稱號。Marc Hébrart 不僅在法國盛名廣播，更受到許多國際酒評家高度的矚目與全面肯定。酒莊榮獲2014 Wine & Spirits magazine Top 100 Leading Wineries的肯定。(香檳區只有5家入選，包括Krug。)
ABOUT THE SPECIAL CLUB:
The “Spécial Club,” known as Club Trésors de Champagne since 1999 is one of the most rigorous wine organizations on earth. Other than being one of the 28 qualifying members—which happens only through private invitation—a series of fortunate events must occur should you want to display “Spécial Club” on your label:
- First, it must be a Vintage Champagne from a year deemed worthy by the committee.
- Second, your wine must be blind tasted twice by a nonpartisan panel of enologists and winemakers—once as a base wine and then again after three years of bottle aging. If one of them is down-voted, your wine no longer qualifies for the “Spécial Club.
If it does meet all of the requirements then, and only then, can you use the specially designed squat-shaped bottle, which is trademarked exclusively for the club’s usage.
