2018 Laherte Frères 'Les Grandes Crayeres' Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Millesime Champagne, France Lisboa The first batch of this

The first batch of this came to the US in 2017 and was just 193 bottles in size

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

The 20% of local red grapes are typically found in the Roig Boig cuvée: about 400L didn’t fit into the one large Roig Boig tank

’ No fining

xoconostle (magenta prickly pear)

2018 Laherte Frères 'Les Grandes Crayeres' Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Millesime Champagne, France Lisboa The first batch of this100% 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