Champagne Benoit Lahaye, Blanc de Blancs NVThis 100% Chardonnay cuve (from a tiny parcel called Monts Ferrs Voipreux) is normally a 50 50 blend of 2 vintages and is vinified without adding sulfur and with zero dosage.
flavorful grapes
This is a very limited run
but we just call it Esoterico
Bursting aromatics of fresh orchard fruits
truly a white wine to make the French weep
balsamic note which lingers as an aftertaste: citrus fruits and green apple
which was the historical name of the area
Fermented and matured in a mixture of stainless steel vats and neutral 10+-year-old 1200L German stückfass from Hösch
In his peaceful stone house on top of the “En Rémont” hill at 350 meters high Pascal Aufranc cultivate his tiny 10 hectares estate divided between Juliénas and Chénas
but the blade also flashes in the sun
This small-batch tastiness was created using heirloom apples from a farm in Western North Carolina
aged in oak for 1 year