Champagne Laherte Freres Ultradition Brut NV

$140.00

Great value NV flying the flag for Meunier.

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Laherte Freres is a family business in Champagne that spans 10 hectare spread over 75 plots. Mostly they are from just south of Epernay but some plots are further afield. The new generation Aurelien has taken over and is making wines in the style of the great Grower producers: Organic or biodynamic grapes, natural yeast, old oak maturation and celebrating outstanding parcels of land. The wines are generous and soft due to their placement near Epernay and so are not as challenging as some Growers can be.

Based on the 2010 and 2011 vintage and made from 60% Meunier, 30% Chard and 10% Noir. Laherte Freres Ultradition offers a lot of generosity and purity. The majority is aged in oak and very low dosage allows the fruit to really speak. And of course being mostly Meunier it has abundant flavour and weight. Black cherry, minerally/chalky, spices and a white flower note. Tangy and crisp palate with plenty of flavour that leaves a very good impression.

Champagne – A wine region of France approximately 160km East of Paris. It is also the name of the wines produced from the area. Most famously it is a sparkling wine that undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle and is aged on lees. Although there is the occasional still wine you can find around particularly Pinot Noir. The fantastically named Bouzy Rouge is one such example. There are very few single vintage, single vineyard, single variety Champagnes (I can only name one and it was produced only 47 times between 1900 and 1999). Why? Due to the large area the region covers, and the challenging weather the houses blended wines to produce a consistent and reliable product every year. This is where the growers come in. They relish the chance to show off vintage variation and small plot wines.

Pinot Meunier – Meunier is most famous for adding body and richness to the wines of Champagne. The trade-off is it tends to make the Champagnes age quicker and is therefore often left out of Prestige Cuvées. Not often found in still table wine production.

Pinot Noir – This is the most elusive grape. It is relatively early ripening and extremely sensitive to terroir. Its perfect place on earth is the Cote d’Or in Burgundy. So haunting are great red Burgundy’s charms that growers everywhere try to emulate them. Pinot Noir is not just a one trick pony, it can make great reds, rosé, sparkling and even sweet wines, whites on occasion and I’ve tasted a decent fortified Pinot Noir too. Adding body, perfume and richness to Champagne it also adds red berry and floral/rose petal notes along with spice and subtle layers.

Chardonnay – The grape that you can plant anywhere, in any climate and do anything to and it will still taste like an OK wine. When people hit the sweet spot of site, climate, cropping and winemaking, Chardonnay becomes a magical wine that will age gracefully but charm you at any age. Chardonnays can range from cool climate lean and citrusy to warmer climate tropical and overt. Oak and lees can add flavouring as can malolactic fermentation. In a Champagne context Chard can add mineral flavours, stone fruits and acidity along with some weight of fruit.

Laherte Freres Ultradition
Laherte Freres Ultradition

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Weight 1.3 kg
Dimensions 7 × 7 × 30 cm
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