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The sites in Chavot (La Potote and Les Rouges Maisons), sit on deep clay and silt soils, with a presence of flint and small stones. In Mancy are Les Hautes Norgeailles and Les Bas Putroux, where the vines are rooted in clay soils over chalk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe viticulture at these sites is entirely biodynamic. As well as referencing the age of the vines, the name also refers to the fact that these vines are all massal selections (i.e. non-clonal). There is even a soupçon of ungrafted vine material scattered throughout these vineyards. Aurélien uses old Burgundy barrels for the aging (including some sourced from Montille and Leroux) and there was no malolactic conversion. The wine aged for seven months in barrel all up, followed by 30 months on lees in bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe very low dosage of 3 g\/L allows the iodine minerality of these chalky terroirs to sing. 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Between 2014 and 2018, Laherte established a mid-slope vineyard on Chavot’s clay\/limestone soils, using mass-selection cuttings from the domaine’s oldest Meslier vines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wine marks the second release of this exciting project. The grapes went to Laherte’s antique Coquard press, and the juice flowed into old barrel by gravity. A wild ferment was followed by malolactic fermentation and the wine was aged for six months on lees in barrel and then further sur lattes. It’s based on the 2019 vintage with 40% reserve wines, and was disgorged by hand with just two grams per litre dosage (extra brut).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Domaine Didier Dagueneau decided to craft a sparkling wine in Pouilly Fumé (yet to be released) Benjamin Dagueneau chose Petit Meslier as its hero. From the first glass, it’s clear why both Laherte and Dagueneau have decided to put their faith in this special, forgotten variety. 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The addition of Chardonnay and Pinots Noir, Meunier and Blanc have made a unique co-planting of all seven allowed grape varieties of Champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe varieties were harvested and pressed together, all fermentation was natural, and the wine was produced using a perpetual (or continuous) reserve, stretching back to 2005. Each year the blend is roughly 60% of the new vintage wine (2018 for this bottling) with 40% of the reserve, and so this release spans the harvests of 2005 to 2018. 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A second, 30% portion was made as a saignée rosé (the juice left in contact with the skins for a short period). The final 10% of the blend is from a full-blown red wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit producing the white wine is from vines with an average age of 25 years, and the vines for the red and rosé wines are more than 40 years old. The wines fermented and aged in various vessels (vats, foudre and old demi-muid barrels) before being transferred to bottle for secondary fermentation. This release is a blend of 2019 (60%) and 2018 and was disgorged with just 2.5 g\/L dosage. It’s a wonderfully pretty rosé with the juiciness of the ripe Meunier offset by mouthwatering acidity and the salty chalk expression that typifies the best wines of the Coteaux Sud d’Épernay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44139145036004,"sku":"22168-750","price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/6a99ff66-4e4c-ee11-ac3c-0aa7bbf44e76_22168-750.png?v=1694056106"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-blanc-de-blancs-brut-nature-nv-base-20-disg-jan-2024","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature NV (Base 20 Disg. Jan 2023)","description":"\u003cp\u003eChardonnay. Disgorged January 2023. This mineral-charged Champagne is 100% Chardonnay from the family's chalkiest soils in Chavot and Épernay. These vineyards are biodynamically farmed, and the soil is rich in chalk and chalky clay (marl), with pockets of flint and schist. The chalkiness drives the wine’s striking, racy and intensely saline minerality—that energy, freshness and zingy, citric line—while the clay balances fruit weight and texture. The recent addition of Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs premier crus of Vertus and Voipreux has only lifted the remarkable quality. Built on perfectly ripe fruit, this bottling is based on the great 2020 vintage, with 40% reserve wines from the two previous years. As the name suggests, it’s bottled without dosage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAged for just over two years in bottle following primary fermentation in barrique, foudre and tronconique cask, like all Laherte’s Champagnes, this cuvée is disgorged by hand. More than ever, it’s stunning value for those who love purity and minerality in their Blanc de Blancs. Now released with an additional seven months in bottle, the new disgorgement is a wonderfully sculpted Champagne, sizzling with tension and penetrating focus. Please note that the review refers to the previous bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44227121021156,"sku":"23844-750","price":144.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/b0907678-696d-ee11-ac3d-02c0c1c8e708_23844-750.png?v=1697609310"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-ultradition-nv-base-20-disg-mar-2023","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Ultradition NV (Base 20 Disg. Mar 2023)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDisgorged March 2023. Dubbed “just impeccable, especially within its peer group” by Galloni, Ultradition is made from biodynamically grown fruit. There are now two reserve vintages blended in, making up 40% of the blend, and 60% comprises barrel-aged material. The varietal blend remains 60% Pinot Meunier, 30% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Noir, with the fruit drawn from seven different parcels across the Coteaux Sud d’Épernay and Vallée de la Marne (namely Chavot, Mancy, Morangis, Le Breuil, Boursault, Moussy and Vaudancourt). The average age of the vines is 30 years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAurélien Laherte naturally ferments the juice in a mixture of vessels, including two 50-hectolitre Rousseau tronconique casks, old barrels, foudre and concrete. Regardless of vessel, the wines are always on lees and malolactic conversion is partially completed (around 60-70% on average). Based on the 2020 vintage with 40% reserve wines from 2019 and 2018, this bottling was disgorged with a dosage of 4.5 g\/L (extra brut). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a top-value grower wine – bright, pure and juicy with loads of delicious redcurrant, floral and apple-skin Meunier fruit. A hint of spice adds complexity, and the finish is bright as a button, driven by zesty, mineral length. The quality delivered for this price is outstanding. Please note that the review refers to the previous bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44227169255652,"sku":"23845-750","price":137.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/a22602de-696d-ee11-ac3d-0aa7bbf44e76_23845-750.png?v=1697609318"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-beaudiers-rose-de-saignee-vintage-2019-disg-nov-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Beaudiers Rosé de Saignée Vintage 2019 (Disg. Nov 2022)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eDisgorged November 2022. Aurélien’s premium rosé is 100% old-vine Meunier from a biodynamically managed vineyard named Les Baudiers in Chavot, Coteaux Sud d’Épernay. That’s not a typo, by the way; the first vintage of this wine bore a misprint on the label, and the name Les Beaudiers has been used ever since. The vines were planted in 1953, 1958 and 1965. The vineyard lies on the lower slopes of Chavot, where the bedrock is hard limestone with topsoil made up of silex and clay. The occasional vine of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Fromenteau can also be found in the vineyard. It’s a powerful terroir that can ripen Meunier to full maturity—so much so that Aurélien’s father used to make a red wine from this area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThe fruit was destemmed and left to macerate for 14-16 hours on skins, followed by natural fermentation in old oak barrels and maturation on lees (in the same barrels) for a minimum of 12 months, with no malolactic conversion. After aging in bottle on lees for four years, the wine was disgorged by hand with around 2-3 g\/L. Aurélien seeks a vinous and textured Rosé de Saignée from this potent terroir, but also one with delicacy and lift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44227228238052,"sku":"23848-750","price":251.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/e98f6eb8-6b6d-ee11-ac3d-02c0c1c8e708_23848-750.png?v=1697609328"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-grandes-crayeres-2019-disg-nov-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Grandes Crayères 2019 (Disg. Nov 2022)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eDisgorged November 2022. After the Brut Nature, this stunning Champagne is Aurélien Laherte’s second Blanc de Blancs bottling. Les Grandes Crayères showcases Laherte’s two most chalky, mineral soils in Coteaux Sud d’Épernay (crayères means chalk). These parcels of 40-plus-year-old mass-selection vines are situated on a west-facing hillside composed of Campanian chalk under 20cm of topsoil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThe base wine was fermented with indigenous yeasts in old barrels (aged 3 to 10 years) and didn’t go through malolactic conversion, emphasising the wine’s chiselled qualities. It then spent 30 months on lees in bottle and rested a further nine months after disgorgement before release. The dosage was less than 4 g\/L, and it was disgorged by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44227228303588,"sku":"23849-750","price":224.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/fb6d85f7-6f6d-ee11-ac3d-0aa7bbf44e76_23849-750.png?v=1697609331"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-empreintes-2017-disg-dec-2021","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Empreintes 2017 (Disg. Dec 2021)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eDisgorged December 2021. This wine offers what Laherte calls the “quintessence of the Chavot terroir”. It is always a selection of Laherte’s five best barrels from each of his two finest Chavot plots: old-vine Chardonnay from Les Chemins d’Épernay (planted in 1957 on clay with chalky subsoils, with around one-third of the fruit the rare Chardonnay-Muscaté); and Pinot Noir from Les Rouges Maisons (planted in the late ‘80s on deep soil rich in clay, flint and schist). The wines were vinified separately and raised in old Burgundy barrels (with some portions fermented in second-hand DRC Le Montrachet barrels). The dosage was 4 g\/L.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThere is genuine depth and texture from the old vines and the clay of Les Chemins d’Épernay, but this opulence is vibrantly balanced by crystalline freshness and a long, classy finish. A superb and unique Champagne that clearly speaks of its terroir. If you love great white Burgundy, then this has a similar set of textural and mineral qualities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44227245146340,"sku":"23850-750","price":260.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/53ada059-706d-ee11-ac3d-0aa7bbf44e76_23850-750.png?v=1697609334"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-longues-voyes-blanc-de-noirs-2019-disg-nov-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Longues Voyes Blanc de Noirs 2019 (Disg. Nov 2022)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDisgorged November 2022. Les Longues Voyes translates as ‘the long way’, referring not only to the 25 kilometres that you need to travel from the Laherte estate to arrive at the vineyard but also to the wine’s extended aging: 18 months in barrel and a further 18-20 months in bottle.\u003cbr\u003eThe fruit is sourced from a single hectare of biodynamic vines in Chamery, Montagne de Reims, owned by a good friend of Aurélien Laherte’s. The 35-year-old vines are rooted in clay and silt over a limestone base. The wine was made from a single four-tonne press of grapes, which fermented naturally and matured in old Clos des Epeneaux and Leroux barrels. There was no malolactic conversion, and the dosage was 4 g\/L.\u003cbr\u003eSo, the estate now has two vintage Blanc de Noirs released at the same time: Les Vignes d’Autrefois from Meunier and Les Longues Voyes from Pinot Noir. The first comes from a chalky subsoil and the second from limestone, and it is fascinating to compare the different structures that result. Fans of Pinot Noir on limestone should move to the front of the queue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44227245244644,"sku":"23851-750","price":224.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/ceb5bdc0-706d-ee11-ac3d-0aa7bbf44e76_23851-750.png?v=1697609337"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-vignes-dautrefois-2019-disg-nov-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Vignes d'Autrefois 2019 (Disg. Nov 2022)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eDisgorged November 2022. 100% old-vine Pinot Meunier. Les Vignes d’Autrefois (‘vines of another time’) is made from a single four-tonne press of grapes from old vines planted between 1947 and 1964. These grow in several chalky terroirs in Chavot and Mancy. The sites in Chavot (La Potote and Les Rouges Maisons) sit on deep clay and silt soils, with a presence of flint and small stones. In Mancy are Les Hautes Norgeailles and Les Bas Putroux, where the vines are rooted in clay soils over chalk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eViticulture for these sites is entirely biodynamic. As well as referencing the age of the vines, the name also refers to the fact that these vines are all massal selections (i.e. non-clonal). There is even a soupçon of ungrafted vine material scattered throughout these vineyards. Aurélien uses old Burgundy barrels for aging (including some sourced from Montille and Leroux), and there was no malolactic conversion. The wine aged for seven months in barrel, followed by 30 months on lees in bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThe very low dosage of 3 g\/L allows the iodine minerality of these chalky terroirs to sing. This is emblematic of the quality at Laherte today and reflects the fruit’s tension and low-yield intensity. It offers a wonderful balance between penetrating, spicy, fleshy red fruit and salty, racy deliciousness—one of the great Meunier bottlings of Champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44227245310180,"sku":"23852-750","price":224.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/9e80a22a-716d-ee11-ac3d-02c0c1c8e708_23852-750.png?v=1697609341"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-rouges-maisons-nv-base-19-disg-nov-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Rouges Maisons NV (Base 19 Disg. Nov 2022)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eBase 2019. Disgorged November 2022. This exceptionally fine Blanc de Noirs is drawn from the prized lieu-dit of Les Rouges Maisons, sited on the mid-slope of the Chavot hill. The Pinot Noir vines here were planted in 1983 on a deep soil rich in clay, flint and schist. The wine was made from a single four-tonne press of grapes, which fermented naturally and matured in old Clos des Epeneaux and Leroux barrels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eAged for 18 months sur lattes (in bottle on lees), Les Rouges Maisons is a pure vintage wine, 2019 in this case, and bottled with just 2 g\/L dosage. The acidity is firmer here than the Meunier Blanc de Noirs (Vignes d'Autrefois), with a chewy austerity typical of Pinot Noir grown in limestone in Champagne. Fine and poised on the palate with impressive balance, racy freshness and fine chalk-infused bitters that drive a long, sapid finish—it's an outstanding Blanc de Noirs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44230597640420,"sku":"23847-750","price":224.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/331dcc00-356e-ee11-ac3d-0aa7bbf44e76_23847-750.png?v=1697695707"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-ultradition-nv-base-20-disg-jan-2023-1500ml","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Ultradition NV (Base 20 Disg. Jan 2023) (1500ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDisgorged January 2023. Dubbed “just impeccable, especially within its peer group” by Galloni, Ultradition is made from biodynamically grown fruit. There are now two reserve vintages blended in, making up 40% of the blend, and 60% comprises barrel-aged material. The varietal blend remains 60% Pinot Meunier, 30% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Noir, with the fruit drawn from seven different parcels across the Coteaux Sud d’Épernay and Vallée de la Marne (namely Chavot, Mancy, Morangis, Le Breuil, Boursault, Moussy and Vaudancourt). The average age of the vines is 30 years.\u003cbr\u003eAurélien Laherte naturally ferments the juice in a mixture of vessels, including two 50-hectolitre Rousseau tronconique casks, old barrels, foudre and concrete. Regardless of vessel, the wines are always on lees and malolactic conversion is partially completed (around 60-70% on average). Based on the 2020 vintage with 40% reserve wines from 2019 and 2018, this bottling was disgorged with a dosage of 4.5 g\/L (extra brut).\u003cbr\u003eThis is a top-value grower wine – bright, pure and juicy with loads of delicious redcurrant, floral and apple-skin Meunier fruit. A hint of spice adds complexity, and the finish is bright as a button, driven by zesty, mineral length. The quality delivered for this price is outstanding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44230598000868,"sku":"23845-1500","price":254.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/fc870a74-6b6d-ee11-ac3d-02c0c1c8e708_23845-1500.png?v=1697695710"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-premier-cru-nature-de-craie-nv-base-tba-disg-may-2023","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères 1er Cru Nature de Craie NV (Base 21 Disg. May 2023)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eBase 2021. Disgorged May 2023. Aurélien Laherte has been experimenting with a sans soufre (zero-sulphur) cuvée for several vintages. In 2018, he cracked it with two barrels of Côte des Blancs juice from two Premier Cru terroirs in Vertus and Voipreux. Laherte noted that the critical factors to the stability of vinifying in the absence of any additions were zero dosage and full malolactic conversion. His successful work with this wine has encouraged him to work without sulphites with some of the components of the blended wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThe third release of Laherte’s Nature de Craie is drawn from a single vintage (2021) sourced from vines planted in 1960, 1965 and 1987. The word craie refers to the chalky soil of these terroirs, which lie on the lower slopes, ensuring good exposure and providing fruit ripeness with no need for additional dosage. This release was vinified in neutral oak barrels before aging on cork for 12 months. It was disgorged in May 2023 with no dosage. This is a unique and powerful Burgundian Blanc de Blancs, wonderfully pure and deeply textured, drawing together notes of iodine, wildflowers and chalk with white-peach fleshiness and smoky mineral complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44230598066404,"sku":"23853-750","price":191.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/a9dfd1ec-366e-ee11-ac3d-02c0c1c8e708_23853-750.png?v=1697695714"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-petit-meslier-nv-base-tba-disg-sep-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Petit Meslier NV (Base 20. Disg. Sep 2022)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eBase 2020. Disgorged September 2022. Petit Meslier has formed an integral part of Aurélien Laherte’s Les 7 cuvée for almost 20 vintages. One of Champagne’s heirloom varieties, Meslier is a historic cross between Gouais Blanc and Savagnin. Although this low-yielding variety has been largely forgotten in Champagne, the Laherte family has remained attached to the grape’s personality and ability to retain acidity, even in warmer vintages. Between 2018 and 2023, Laherte established a mid-slope vineyard on Chavot’s clay\/limestone soils, using mass-selection cuttings from the domaine’s oldest Meslier vines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThis wine marks the third release of this exciting project. The grapes are pressed in Laherte’s antique Coquard press, and the juice ferments naturally in old barrel. The wine ages for six months on lees in barrel and then a further 18 months sur lattes. This bottling is based on the 2020 vintage with 40% reserve wines and was disgorged by hand with just 2 g\/L dosage (extra brut). The result is an intense and supple yet impeccably fresh Champagne crammed with juicy peach and burnt orange fruit woven through with Meslier’s Alpine meadow complexity. This is a deliciously daring, not to mention hugely promising, wine from Aurélien Laherte.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44230598099172,"sku":"23854-750","price":327.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/1b53d294-366e-ee11-ac3d-02c0c1c8e708_23854-750.png?v=1697695717"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-7-solera-05-20-disg-oct-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les 7 (Solera 05-20 Disg. Oct 2022)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDisgorged October 2022. This is one of the most distinctive wines made in Champagne—a super-complex, fleshy and savoury (peppery, nutty) wine that is as delicious as it is fascinating. Les 7 is a single-parcel field blend from a plot in Chavot, planted by Thierry Laherte in 2003 to make use of the heirloom vines of Fromenteau, Arbanne and Petit Meslier already growing within the family’s oldest vineyard plots. The addition of Chardonnay and Pinots Noir, Meunier and Blanc have made a unique co-planting of Champagne’s seven permitted grape varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The varieties were harvested and pressed together, and all fermentations were spontaneous. The wine was produced using a perpetual (or continuous) reserve stretching back to 2005. Each year, the blend is roughly 60% of the new-vintage wine (2020 for this bottling) with 40% of the reserve—so this release spans the harvests of 2005 to 2020. If you’re interested in Champagnes with genuine personality, this is a wine not to be missed. 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As a result of this planting, Laherte has developed a strong passion for the potential of Petit Meslier, and in 2013, he planted a small parcel in Chavot using mass-selection cuttings. Between 2018 and 2023, he planted a further 1.7 hectares of Meslier, which will eventually cover 10% of the estate’s plantings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eAurélien Laherte is showcasing some of the most exciting winemaking in Champagne today, and this is a good example. Based on the 2019 vintage, this experimental skin contact\/rosé is a 50\/50 blend of Pinot Noir and Petit Meslier from two plots in Chavot on clay-silt soils. Following a 12-hour maceration, the grapes naturally fermented in a single, neutral barrel. The wine aged on lees in bottle for 30 months before disgorgement in November 2022, with no dosage. We would love to see what the establishment suits in Épernay and Reims would make of this. 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The varietal blend remains 60% Pinot Meunier, 30% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Noir, with the fruit drawn from seven different parcels across the Coteaux Sud d’Épernay and Vallée de la Marne (namely Chavot, Mancy, Morangis, Le Breuil, Boursault, Moussy and Vaudancourt). The average age of the vines is 30 years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAurélien Laherte naturally ferments the juice in a mixture of vessels, including two 50-hectolitre Rousseau tronconique casks, old barrels, foudre and concrete. Regardless of vessel, the wines are always on lees and malolactic conversion is partially completed (around 60-70% on average). Based on the 2020 vintage with 40% reserve wines from 2019 and 2018, this bottling was disgorged with a dosage of 4.5 g\/L (extra brut). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a top-value grower wine – bright, pure and juicy with loads of delicious redcurrant, floral and apple-skin Meunier fruit. 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