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

xoconostle (magenta prickly pear)

Yields are kept at 25 hectoliters per hectare (well below the 50 hl/ha requirement of the appellation)

’ No fining

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