Farming
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Chalky, Classy, Silky
Champagne / Sparkling / Chardonnay, Pinot Noir / Organic, Biodynmaic
Farming |
Organic/Biodynamic |
Producer |
Benoît Lahaye |
Grape |
Chardonnay/Pinot Noir |
Wine Type |
Sparkling |
Country |
France |
Region |
Bouzy GC, Champagne |
Vintage |
2018 |
Alcohol |
12% |
Size |
75cl |
* Please note that because there is limited stock of this wine it is not subject to any further discount.
The 45yo vines are from the prime Bouzy lieu-dits of Monts de Tauxières and Haut des Argentieres. Fermented in 5yo 225ltr barrels with malolactics completed. Mond blowing Champagne with super low quantities available
Notes on the producer
Benoît and Valérie Lahaye make quite exceptional champagnes from superb terroirs, including four single-vineyard champagnes. They have just 4.8ha of vines in Bouzy and Ambonnay that they work together with their two sons, and an incredibly muscular horse called Tamise used for ploughing to avoid compaction of the soils.
Since changing to biodynamic viticulture in the late 2000s the most notable benefit has been that the grapes attain higher levels of ripeness whilst retaining the same level of acidity. As the grapes regularly give 11% alcohol for the first fermentation and there is a natural density to the juice, most of their champagnes are now disgorged without dosage and since 2008 they have carried out the malolactic fermentations. He never uses sulphur at disgorging, and after several experiments, now bottles one cuvée Violaine with no sulphur used at any stage. Total sulphur levels throughout the range average a very low 15mg/l.