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Tarlant, Champagne Cuvee Louis Tarlant Brut Nature, 1996

Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France
by Tarlant
$285.00
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Champagne Tarlant produced tzero dosage Champagne in the 1970s, decades before anyone else thought to challenge the sweetened paradigm. This 1996 vintage—disgorged in 2024 after 28 years on laths—shows why patience and purity matter. Made from old vines in the Les Crayons lieu-dit in Oeuilly, blended 50/50 Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, it's a living expression of terroir with no added sugar to mask the land's voice. Apricot and hazelnut notes have developed over three decades in the bottle.

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Tarlant was making zero dosage Champagne in the 1970s when everyone thought they were insane. Decades later, they're still 90% no-dosage, letting 'time be their dosage' through long élevage. These are some of Champagne's most refreshing, honest bubbles.

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From the Importer

What Bowler Wine has to say about this wine:

50%Chardonnay/50% Pinot Noir. Created by the Tarlants' parents back in 1982, Cuvée Louis is named for Benoît’s and Melanie’s great-great-great grandfather. Louis was the first to bottle Tarlant estate wine (in 1928) and the one who planted this 0.9 hectare of selection-massale Pinot Noir and Chardonnay back in 1946-1948. The lieu-dit is named "Les Crayons" in reference to its particularly chalky make-up and is a flat site near the Marne in the Tarlants' home village of Oeuilly. This low-lying, river-adjacent site yields what the Tarlants refer to as "a river wine", necessarily of fuller body and richer character. The vines are organically farmed and harvested by hand and the clusters very slowly and gently pressed. The juice ferments spontaneously with native yeasts in Burgundy barrels; the wine does not go through malolactic fermentation. The 1996 was bottled in 1997 and not disgorged until 2025. "Louis" is almost always a multi-vintage bottling but in this case, the choice was to let this legendary Champagne vintage stand alone.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Oysters, smoked salmon, aged Comté, foie gras, lobster, scallops

Tasting Profile

Apricot, croissant, fresh nuttiness on the nose; full-bodied yet focused; hazelnut and subtle coffee notes; persistent fine mousse

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