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Laherte Freres, Champagne Nature de Craie Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature 1er Cru [2022], NV

Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France
by Laherte Freres
$83.99
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This is Champagne with nothing added: no dosage and no added sulphur, just Premier Cru Chardonnay and the chalk it grows on. Aurélien Laherte spent several vintages experimenting with a no-sulphur cuvée before he got it right in 2018. The fruit comes from the lower slopes of Vertus and Voipreux, two Premier Cru villages in the Côte des Blancs, Champagne's Chardonnay heartland. The topsoil there is light, and chalk starts about 30 centimetres down, so the name "Nature de Craie" (craie is French for chalk) is just telling you what's in the ground. Finished Brut Nature, with no added sugar, it's a bottle for people who want to taste the grape and the site with nothing smoothing them over. It comes from a family house founded in 1889 that clearly still enjoys taking risks, and this is the 2022 release.

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Antonio Galloni

92 points

"The NV Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs Nature de Craie is a fabulous wine for the year. It offers all the brightness that is typical of the house style, yet it also has more than enough of the mid-palate creaminess and texture that is so elusive in 2021. Fermentation and aging in wood further amplifies the wine's vinous personality." —Antonio Galloni

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More about Laherte Freres

A grower Champagne house in Chavot, founded in 1889 and now run by Aurélien Laherte, who took over in 2005. The family works about 10.5 hectares split into more than 75 parcels, some farmed biodynamically and the rest organically or sustainably. Much of the wine is fermented in barrels and foudres, and single-vineyard cuvées are vinified separately in used Burgundy barrels. These wines speak for themselves: no flash, real terroir.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Chardonnay

  • Vintage

    NV

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Crisp , Elegant

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Polaner Selections has to say about this wine:

Vintage

2019

Bottle Sizes

750 ML

Country

France

Region

Champagne

Appellation

Coteaux Sud d'Epernay

Wine Type

Sparkling

Varietals

Blend

Varietal Notes

50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir

Biodynamic

Practicing

Vineyard

Chardonnay, 1/3 of which is Chardonnay Muscatel, from the Chavot parcel of "Les Chemins d’Epernay" planted in 1957; Pinot Noir from Chavot parcel of "Les Rouge Maisons" planted in 1983.

Orientation

Chemin d' Epernay : west facing / Rouges Maisons : north facing

Soil

Les Chemins d'Epernay has cay soils with a lsilt stratum in surface and a chalky subsoil, whereas Les Rouges Maisons has deeo clay topsoil with flint, schist and a chalk subsoil.

Viticulture

Organically farmed with biodynamic methods. Embracing dynamic cover crops and reducing tilling.

Vinification

"Grapes are picked by hand when fully ripe, and traditionally pressed. Spontaneous fermentation in 228L barrels with regular stirring of the lees. no malolactic fermentation. Aged sur lie in barrel for 6 months, then bottled without filtration.

Aging

60 months sur lattes under cork; Dosage 2 g/L; Disgorgement October 2024

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Raw oysters on the half shell; hamachi or scallop crudo with lemon and sea salt; sashimi; shrimp tempura; warm Comté gougères.

Tasting Profile

Bone-dry and light-bodied, with a crisp, elegant style. No added sugar, so it finishes clean and dry.

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