Champagne Laherte Frres Les Grandes Crayres 2019 (Disg. Nov 2022)

Disgorged November 2022. After the Brut Nature, this stunning Champagne is Aurlien Lahertes second Blanc de Blancs bottling. Les Grandes Crayres showcases Lahertes two most chalky, mineral soils in Coteaux Sud dpernay (crayres means chalk). These parcels of 40-plus-year-old mass-selection vines are situated on a west-facing hillside composed of Campanian chalk under 20cm of topsoil.

The base wine was fermented with indigenous yeasts in old barrels (aged three to 10 years) and didnt go through malolactic conversion, emphasising the wines chiselled qualities. It then spent 30 months on lees in bottle and rested a further nine months after disgorgement before release. The dosage was less than 4 g/L, and it was disgorged by hand.