2017 Benoit Lahaye, Brut Nature 'Violaine', Champagne, France Japan From vines 40-50 years old

From vines 40-50 years old and planted in limestone soils

Hand-harvested and spontaneously fermented with native yeasts

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microscopic yields forced a single cuvée in that vintage

The wine is aged in concrete for a scant year and bottled with a small amount of sulfur and without fining or filtering

2017 Benoit Lahaye, Brut Nature 'Violaine', Champagne, France Japan From vines 40-50 years old50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay, from the vineyards Les Argentires and Les Monts de Tours, both in Bouzy with dry brown chalky soils. Vinification is in used barrels using indigenous yeasts, afterward one or two lees stirrings and with complete malolactic fermentation. There is no racking or filtration during the elevage, and no dosage or sulfur at any part of its production. Only 1,800 bottles produced.