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First dibs on this beauty goes to our best Champagne customers... well, and any of you smarties who regularly check the website to see what we are offering. Hi DB!.png)
 Laherte Freres Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Grandes Crayères 2016
Sale $67.89 – Beats the Best US Price online
96 pts Vinous
North Carolina Exclusive!
Ok, let’s start with what a ridiculous buy this is…hmm… check out some other Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs… - Agrapart Grand Cru Venus 2013 - $225 – 96 pts
- Jacques Selosse Les Carelles Le Mesnil-sur-Oger NV (4/2013 disgorge) - $500 – 94 pts
And some Champagnes in general: - Philipponnat Les Cintres 2010 - $799 – 94 pts
- Jacquesson Corne Bautray 2009 - $310 – 95 pts
- Egly-Ouriet 2008 - $310 – 96 pts
And on and on… after 3 years straight of 96 pt reviews, I think it is amazing Laherte hasn’t jacked their price up!
My advice? Get it before they do!
From the village of Chavot located in the Coteaux Sud d’Epernay, a sub-region sandwiched between the Côte des Blancs and the Vallee du Marne. Aurelien Laherte is a very talented young vigneron, one to watch for sure. His vineyards are biodynamically farmed and his wines are strikingly vibrant and pure. This wine comes from two plots that are dominated by chalky soil. It’s softer and more crumbly than the hard chalk of the Côte des Blancs, making for a slightly rounder and fruitier profile. It’s still 100% Chardonnay, and the low dosage of 4 g/l is all that is needed to add balance. Overall, it is a steal…
“A stunning wine… Bright and finely sculpted, the 2016 possess dazzling energy to match its mid-weight personality. I very much admire the wine's drive and precision. The Grandes Crayères emerges from two parcels in Chavot that confer so much tension. It is a stunning Champagne in every way. Dosage is 4 grams per liter.” VM
“Deriving from two chalky plots located in the village of Chavot-Choucourt in the Côteaux Sud d'Éprnay, it's showing beautifully, wafting from the glass with inviting aromas of citrus oil, crushed oyster shell, dried white flowers and crisp green apple. Full-bodied, pillowy and incisive, with a layered and concentrated core, racy acids and a delicate pinpoint mousse, it concludes with a finish of intensely sapid, indeed almost mordant chalkiness” WA on the 95 pt 2015
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Or reply. The wine is available now in Chapel Hill. Friday, as ordered, in Hillsborough. | 
