Laherte Freres 'Rosé de Meunier' Champagne
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- TASTING NOTE: "Rich yet focused, with superb depth, Laherte's Extra Brut Rosé is a magical Champagne in every way. Orange peel, sweet red berry fruit, cranberry, mint and chalk are some of the many aromas and flavors that develop as this breathtaking Champagne shows off its pedigree. In a word: magical." 94 Points - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
- ABOUT THE WINE: This release is a blend of 2017 and 2016 composed of 60% Meunier made into white wine, 30% Meunier made into rosé and 10% Meunier made into red wine. The wines are fermented and aged in a variety of vessels--vats, foudre and old demi-muid barrels--before being transferred to bottle for secondary fermentation. This bottling was disgorged with just 2.5 g/L dosage.
- ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Laherte Frères was founded in 1889 by Jean-Baptiste Laherte, although the Laherte family sold grapes to the local cooperative for many years. Michel Laherte, the father of current proprietors Thierry and Christian Laherte, began to bottle champagne under his own label, and when brothers Thierry and Christian took over the estate, they appropriately changed the name back to Laherte Frères. Since 2002, they have been joined by Thierry’s son Aurélien, who represents the seventh generation of his family to grow vines in this area and is now fully in charge of the estate. The Lahertes own ten hectares of vines, spread over an astonishing 75 parcels in ten different villages. All farming practices are biodynamic or organic. Laherte Frères is registered as a négociant-manipulant, but in reality this is true grower champagne, and all of the wines are estate-grown. The NM designation is the result of a bureaucratic formality: each member of the immediate family—Thierry, Christian, Aurélien, his mother Laurence—owns a portion of vines, and the company of Laherte Frères “purchases” the grapes from the family members. If it were registered today it would likely be called an SR (société de récoltant), but that structure did not exist at the time.
- COUNTRY: France
- REGION: Champagne
- SUB-REGION: Vallee de la Marne
- VARIETAL: Pinot Meunier
- WINE STYLE: Sparkling Wine
- WINEMAKER: Aurélien Laherte
- CALSSIFICATION: Minimal Intervention, Grower Champagne, Unfined & Unfiltered, Organic/Biodynamic Farming, Vegan
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 12.5%
- SIZE: 750ml
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