Champagne Laherte Frères Premier Cru Nature de Craie NV (Base 21 Disg. May 2023) elnino this fruit resolves into citrus

this fruit resolves into citrus and chalk

and then relaxes and releases

this vintage is primarily from purchased grapes

From a low yielding year of exceptional balance

Champagne Laherte Frères Premier Cru Nature de Craie NV (Base 21 Disg. May 2023) elnino this fruit resolves into citrusDisgorged May 2023. Aurlien Laherte has been experimenting with a sans soufre (zero sulphur) cuve for several vintages. In 2018, he cracked it with two barrels of Cte des Blancs juice, drawn from two Premier Cru terroirs in Vertus and Voipreux. Laherte noted that the critical factors to the stability of vinifying in the absence of any additions were zero dosage and full malolactic conversion. The third release of Lahertes Nature de Craie is drawn from