Country: France

Region: Champagne

Type:Champagne

Grape: Chardonnay

LaherteFreres is run by Aurlien Laherte, who has been at the helm of his family estate since 2005. Laherte Frereswas founded in 1889 in the village of Chavotin the CoteauxSud D’Epernay, and over the generations the vineyard holdings have slowly grown to 10.5 hectares, always with an emphasis on allowing full terroir expression in the wines through careful farming. Aurlien farms 7 hectares biodynamically and certified organic, with the other vineyardsfarmed uncertified organic or, at minimum, sustainably. Under Aurlien’s leadership,LaherteFreres hasbegun to produce a series of single vineyard and single vintage cuvesvinified in Burgundy barrels without malolactic fermentation and bottled without fining or filtration.

From organically grown 30-60 year old vines in the villages of Vertus and Voipreux in the Cte des Blancs. The vineyards are located in the lower mid-slopes where the chalk is at its most prominent, capped off with a few cm of clay.No added sulfur was used during the vinification or aging of this wine and no sugar was added during the vinification or at disgorgement. It is 100% free-run Chardonnay juice.Barrel Agedand barrel fermented, and indigenous yeast fermented.

Lahertes goal is to express the clearest and finest grain of chalk, and the results here are clear and concise. Rich in the middle, but supported by a mineral backbone, this wine is sublime young, due to its richness and complexity, but will developmore layers over time.