The phrase "a select circle" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific group of people who are chosen or distinguished in some way, often implying exclusivity.
Example: "The gala was attended by a select circle of influential figures in the art world."
Alternatives: "an exclusive group" or "a chosen few."
Four tables away sat the Sun, a select circle gathered around editor David Dinsmore.
Only contributions from a select circle of admirers saved them from destitution.
What I mean is, have you heard of any women like that who have a select circle of clients?
The capitalist composer has a select circle and finds the general public ignorant, lazy and far too crass to grasp the brilliance of a musical elite.
With his three-hit flurry against the Twins, he joined a select circle of 23 other players who had reached the 3,000 milestone.
After his death, she refused to bask in reflected fame, leading a quiet social life within a select circle of well-known New Yorkers.
As a boy I saw footage of the now legendary Marvin the Magnificent, who'd attracted little attention at the time, but has since come to be regarded as something of a trailblazer among my select circle.
He was also a part of "the select circle of bookmen that gathered at the Chapter Coffee House", which was the centre of social and commercial life for publishers and booksellers in 18th-century London.
In 1909 he met Alfred Stieglitz, who immediately gave him an exhibition and made him a prominent member of the select circle of American Modernists he was cultivating and promoting -- Georgia O'Keeffe, John Marin, Arthur Dove and Charles Demuth among them.
For those who are known to be in that select circle, life as a very old person can become quite a public affair.
Bryant, one of the league's premier players, has a select inner circle.
