2018 Laherte Frères 'Les Grandes Crayeres' Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Millesime Champagne, France Lisboa xoconostle (magenta prickly pear)

xoconostle (magenta prickly pear)

believing strongly in the region's potential for growth in fine wine

rested before sipping as once the alcohol dissipates the sweetness of banana and stewed apples prevails on the nose

Tue Boeuf harvests the fruit by hand

From exclusively Class A parcels (Serra Douro and Castelos) totaling 9 hectares on poor schist soils—the vines are 50 years or older

2018 Laherte Frères 'Les Grandes Crayeres' Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Millesime Champagne, France Lisboa xoconostle (magenta prickly pear)100% Chardonnay from two very chalky plots of massale selection vines in the Coteaux Sud d'Epernay SOIL: Chalk close to the surface, very little topsoil VITICULTURE: Organically farmed, all work in tandem with Mother Nature's rhythms. VINIFICATION: Natural fermentation in 3 6 year old barrels. Light lees stirring; no malolactic fermentation. AGING: Bottling in April May, like other wines. 30 months on lees in bottles. Minimum 9 months after