2018 Laherte Freres 'Les Grandes Crayeres' Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Millesime Champagne, France

2018 Laherte Frères 'Les Grandes Crayeres' Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Millesime Champagne, France

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100% Chardonnay from two very chalky plots of massale selection vines in the Coteaux Sud d'Epernay
SOIL:Chalk close to the surface, very little topsoil
VITICULTURE:Organically farmed, all work in tandem with Mother Nature's rhythms.
VINIFICATION:Natural fermentation in 3-6 year old barrels. Light lees stirring; no malolactic fermentation.
AGING:Bottling in April-May, like other wines. 30 months on lees in bottles. Minimum 9 months after disgorgment before commercial release.

NOTES: Les Grands Crayeres is a powerful, deep and structured Chardonnay with impressive poise and a long life ahead. An impressive new parcellaire cuvee from Aurelien Laherte.

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