2017 Benoit Lahaye, Brut Nature 'Violaine', Champagne, France Japan using a Cazanave-Marcón pruning style

using a Cazanave-Marcón pruning style

The barrels for aging are a mix of French Oak that previously held our white wines

microscopic yields forced a single cuvée in that vintage

He then fortifies the reduction with a neutral spirit and ages it for 5 years in barrel

In collaboration with Matchbook Distilling Co

2017 Benoit Lahaye, Brut Nature 'Violaine', Champagne, France Japan using a Cazanave-Marcón pruning style50% 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.