Filaine Champagne is back in stock!

What up Bubbly Lovers? Codey here...

 Guess what? Filaine Champagne is back.  

  

As you might remember: I offered this Champagne in April and it sold out in a heartbeat. Well, the re-stock has finally arrived and the bubbles are as glorious as ever. Around Ancona's we've begun to call it "The Halley's Comet Champagne".    

In April Mitch and I took a field trip to visit the cellars of ten of the finest micro-producers in Champagne (work doesn't suck). All of the wines were stellar, but one wine really spoke to us:   

Filaine (Fabrice Gass) NV Brut 1er Cru Damery Cuvèe Speciale Champagne

Fabrice Gass is a winemaking genius and impeccable farmer. This guy grows all his own grapes, the way it should be done. He is also a fanatical, chain-smoking eccentric who only makes a few hundred cases a year. Which is probably just enough to support his own conspicuous Champagne consumption.

Fabrice actually bottles a modest portion of his wine in magnums. Although, right now, mostly just for personal imbibition. According to Fabrice, "a magnum is the perfect amount of Champagne for two people: so long as one isn't drinking!"

That said, the wine is terrific. There is certainly $100+ worth of juice in this bottle. Although it's hard to compare an ant to an elephant--this wine is no doubt on the level of something like Dom Perignon or Roederer Cristal. And spoiler alert: it's much less money.

Quite limited: if you would like some, please email asap with how many bottles you would like, and which store you would prefer to pick it up in.

'Come quickly, I'm tasting stars.'

Codey Foster, Wine Director

Standard Retail: $54.99/bottle

Email Special: $46.00/bottle

6 bottles or more price: $40.50/bottle

Limit 12 bottles per person

Tanzer Notes: Bright yellow-gold.  High-pitched citrus pith, quince and yellow rose scents are complemented by notes of toasty lees and chalky minerals.  Shows very good depth and energy on the palate, offering bitter pear skin and blood orange flavors and a hint of tarragon.  The floral quality comes back strong on the clinging finish, which shows excellent clarity and mineral bite. (45% pinot noir, 35% chardonnay and 20% pinot meunier)

Foster Notes: So damn good. The Cuvee Speciale is the perfect continuum of decadence, power, minerality, and breathtaking vinosity. This is soulful and seamless juice that is undoubtedly the outcome of nearly perfect and conscientious farming. Flavors of concentrated lime, meyer lemon, mint, and freshly baked French baguette are laced with outspoken earth tones. This is flinty/chalky/smokey juice--but in the most delicate way possible. Bone dry. Pure distilled wine swag.

The man.

 

Fabrice calls magnums, "Petite Magnums". And he's always headed down to the cellar for just one more--but not before lighting up.

The barrel room. The whole thing. That's it. 

  

The cellar. (Fabrice isn't keen on dusting)

Fine Print:

Orders due: Tomorrow, Saturday the 19th. Arrives in our store next week, before Christmas. 

Shipping available but extra (Shipping may not reach you by Christmas, but possibly by New Years)