{"title":"Grower Champagne Offer 2026","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"champagne-larmandier-bernier-1er-cru-rose-de-saignee-nv-base-18-disg-apr-2021","title":"Champagne Larmandier-Bernier 1er Cru Rosé de Saignée (Base 18. Disg. Apr 2021) (1500ml)","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe Rosé de Saignée is drawn mostly from what are thought to be the oldest Pinot Noir vines in Vertus (45 years old), and one of this village’s very last 100% Pinot vineyards. In fact, the vineyard is a co-planted blend of 90% Pinot Noir and 10% Pinot Gris, with both varieties contributing to this wine. The grapes were allowed to macerate for a period before the juice was drawn off, providing the colour and much of the body and flavour for the wine. This saignée technique is now rare in Champagne, primarily as it is a demanding method of vinification and it requires grapes with an excellent degree of maturity. Most rosé in Champagne is made by the addition of a little red wine. Vive la difference!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAs with all Larmandier’s wines it was naturally fermented. Part of this cuvée was raised in a Nomblot concrete egg and part in stainless steel, and more recently Larmandier has been also trialling amphora designed by Mizel Riouspeyrous from Domaine Arretxea. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIt’s one of Champagne’s wow wines, repeatedly compared to a Chambolle-Musigny. In short, it’s a Champagne that can stop drinkers in their tracks. The 2019 is a spellbinding release built on energy and crystalline tension. Although it drinks beautifully on its own, it has the depth to go with smoked or grilled salmon. Yes, do that—you won’t regret it! This bottling was disgorged with a discreet dosage of three grams per litre. It is a superb release that will be even better with a year or two in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Larmandier-Bernier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298543075566,"sku":"20218-1500","price":352.21,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/2803fe4d-f1f8-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20218-1500.png?v=1764135483"},{"product_id":"champagne-egly-ouriet-ratafia-2","title":"Champagne Egly-Ouriet Ratafia","description":"\u003cp\u003eRatafia de Champagne is a liqueur aperitif made with the juice of freshly picked Champagne grapes fortified immediately after pressing (to prevent the onset of fermentation). This fortification comes via grape spirit distilled from Champagne grape skins. It’s a style of wine that belongs to the same family as Cognac’s Pineau des Charentes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving said that, as with anything bottled by this great grower, the Egly Ratafia is a million miles away from the average example of the genre. While most producers of Ratafia use their weakest grapes (or purchased grapes), Egly uses only perfectly ripe, 100% Grand Cru, estate-grown and sorted Pinot Noir fruit. Add to this the renowned work in the vineyard, and you start to get the picture. This is also from a single vintage—in this case, 2018. The fruit was sorted and gently pressed before the finest grape spirit or marc (distilled from Egly’s own fruit, of course) was added. It then spent four years mellowing in barrel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we have come to expect, this perfectionist grower refuses to aim for anything other than greatness, no matter what he is making. As a result, this is a stunningly pure and intense expression of Ratafia that can be drunk on its own, over ice or with soda. It also makes a wonderful version of kir and stays fresh in the fridge for months after opening. Bottled in 2023. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Egly-Ouriet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43301595414766,"sku":"20010-700","price":99.75,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/37752cc8-33f8-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20010-700.png?v=1658796188"},{"product_id":"champagne-larmandier-bernier-1er-cru-blanc-de-noirs-2015-disg-may-2022","title":"Champagne Larmandier-Bernier 1er Cru Blanc de Noirs 2015 (Disg. May 2022)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDisgorged May 2022. Larmandier-Bernier tends just 1.2 hectares of old-vine Pinot Noir in Vertus, grown on the southern side of the village where the soil is a little richer, with a higher clay content. These vines are best known as the source for the domaine’s pioneering Rosé de Saignée. Over the years, Pierre Larmandier has also made a little still wine from these vines—in the past, Vertus Rouge was as famous as the red wines of Bouzy—but, until now, never a Blanc de Noirs. It’s made the same way as the domaine’s Terre de Vertus, with the base wine naturally fermented and raised in a mixture of large cask and vat for 11 months on lees and bottled in July 2016. After almost six years in bottle, it was disgorged in May 2022 with zero dosage to preserve the natural richness of the Pinot Noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReverberating with the generosity of the old vines, the result is wonderfully complex and vinous Blanc de Noirs. A scintillating cocktail of red apple, sour berry compote and rushing minerals introduces a powerfully structured palate balanced by a rigid spine of freshness and tense, holding grip. It won’t join the core range for now, but given the success of the first release, it will be made in the sweet-spot years for the domaine’s Pinot Noir vines (the subsequent release will be from the 2019 vintage).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Larmandier-Bernier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43547335917806,"sku":"21109-750","price":224.97,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/2deca71b-fc44-ed11-ab3d-024d026f405e_21109-750.png?v=1665022119"},{"product_id":"champagne-suenen-oiry-blanc-de-blancs-grand-cru-la-cocluette-2016-disg-jul-2022","title":"Champagne Suenen Oiry Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru La Cocluette 2016 (Disg. 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It then aged sur lies for 60 months in bottle until disgorgement in July 2022, when it was dosed with 3 g\/L.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eSuenen explains that the wines from this vineyard express themselves with great finesse. “The energy brought by this calcium-rich terroir makes the mouthfeel richer through a silky bubble. With time, the finish lengthens on a salivating mineral vibrancy.” Put another way, this is a more intense and complex expression of this region’s naked-chalk terroir than the NV Oiry. The 2016 harvest produced less than 2,000 bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Suenen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44277951299822,"sku":"22438-750","price":378.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/da4bf2c4-3d36-ee11-ac3c-0aa7bbf44e76_22438-750.png?v=1691550625"},{"product_id":"champagne-suenen-chouilly-blanc-de-blancs-grand-cru-le-mont-aigu-2016-disg-jul-2022","title":"Champagne Suenen Chouilly Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Le Mont-Aigu 2016 (Disg. Jul 2022)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eSuenen crafts just a single 600-litre demi-muid of this cuvée. It originates from a parcel of particularly low-yielding vines planted in Chouilly’s renowned Le Mont-Aigu terroir, near the Cramant border on the Butte de Saran. Now more than 45 years of age, these old vines suffer from fanleaf virus, resulting in tiny leaves, roots and bunches. Coupled with skeletal soils (just 35 cm of topsoil over pure chalk), this results in a deep yet compact expression of Chouilly that is unlike any other. Expect flesh and concentrated ripeness yet also chiselled structure and intense, saline minerality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eSuenen’s 2015 fermented naturally and aged for nine months in a single 600-litre Stockinger barrel. It then spent more than five years in bottle before disgorgement in July 2022. Following a dosage trial (the standard practice here), it was topped with 4 g\/L.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Suenen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44277951332590,"sku":"22440-750","price":436.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/8dc74924-3e36-ee11-ac3c-02c0c1c8e708_22440-750.png?v=1691550629"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-beaudiers-rose-de-saignee-vintage-2019-disg-nov-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Beaudiers Rosé de Saignée Vintage 2019 (Disg. Nov 2022)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eDisgorged November 2022. Aurélien’s premium rosé is 100% old-vine Meunier from a biodynamically managed vineyard named Les Baudiers in Chavot, Coteaux Sud d’Épernay. That’s not a typo, by the way; the first vintage of this wine bore a misprint on the label, and the name Les Beaudiers has been used ever since. The vines were planted in 1953, 1958 and 1965. The vineyard lies on the lower slopes of Chavot, where the bedrock is hard limestone with topsoil made up of silex and clay. The occasional vine of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Fromenteau can also be found in the vineyard. It’s a powerful terroir that can ripen Meunier to full maturity—so much so that Aurélien’s father used to make a red wine from this area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThe fruit was destemmed and left to macerate for 14-16 hours on skins, followed by natural fermentation in old oak barrels and maturation on lees (in the same barrels) for a minimum of 12 months, with no malolactic conversion. After aging in bottle on lees for four years, the wine was disgorged by hand with around 2-3 g\/L. Aurélien seeks a vinous and textured Rosé de Saignée from this potent terroir, but also one with delicacy and lift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44382287790318,"sku":"23848-750","price":151.83,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/e98f6eb8-6b6d-ee11-ac3d-02c0c1c8e708_23848-750.png?v=1697609302"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-grandes-crayeres-2019-disg-nov-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Grandes Crayères 2019 (Disg. Nov 2022)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eDisgorged November 2022. After the Brut Nature, this stunning Champagne is Aurélien Laherte’s second Blanc de Blancs bottling. Les Grandes Crayères showcases Laherte’s two most chalky, mineral soils in Coteaux Sud d’Épernay (crayères means chalk). These parcels of 40-plus-year-old mass-selection vines are situated on a west-facing hillside composed of Campanian chalk under 20cm of topsoil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThe base wine was fermented with indigenous yeasts in old barrels (aged 3 to 10 years) and didn’t go through malolactic conversion, emphasising the wine’s chiselled qualities. It then spent 30 months on lees in bottle and rested a further nine months after disgorgement before release. The dosage was less than 4 g\/L, and it was disgorged by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44382288019694,"sku":"23849-750","price":135.17,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/fb6d85f7-6f6d-ee11-ac3d-0aa7bbf44e76_23849-750.png?v=1697609306"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-empreintes-2017-disg-dec-2021","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Empreintes 2017 (Disg. 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If you love great white Burgundy, then this has a similar set of textural and mineral qualities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44382288052462,"sku":"23850-750","price":157.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/53ada059-706d-ee11-ac3d-0aa7bbf44e76_23850-750.png?v=1697609316"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-longues-voyes-blanc-de-noirs-2019-disg-nov-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Longues Voyes Blanc de Noirs 2019 (Disg. Nov 2022)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDisgorged November 2022. Les Longues Voyes translates as ‘the long way’, referring not only to the 25 kilometres that you need to travel from the Laherte estate to arrive at the vineyard but also to the wine’s extended aging: 18 months in barrel and a further 18-20 months in bottle.\u003cbr\u003eThe fruit is sourced from a single hectare of biodynamic vines in Chamery, Montagne de Reims, owned by a good friend of Aurélien Laherte’s. The 35-year-old vines are rooted in clay and silt over a limestone base. The wine was made from a single four-tonne press of grapes, which fermented naturally and matured in old Clos des Epeneaux and Leroux barrels. There was no malolactic conversion, and the dosage was 4 g\/L.\u003cbr\u003eSo, the estate now has two vintage Blanc de Noirs released at the same time: Les Vignes d’Autrefois from Meunier and Les Longues Voyes from Pinot Noir. The first comes from a chalky subsoil and the second from limestone, and it is fascinating to compare the different structures that result. Fans of Pinot Noir on limestone should move to the front of the queue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44382289363182,"sku":"23851-750","price":135.17,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/ceb5bdc0-706d-ee11-ac3d-0aa7bbf44e76_23851-750.png?v=1697609319"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-vignes-dautrefois-2019-disg-nov-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Vignes d'Autrefois 2019 (Disg. Nov 2022)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eDisgorged November 2022. 100% old-vine Pinot Meunier. Les Vignes d’Autrefois (‘vines of another time’) is made from a single four-tonne press of grapes from old vines planted between 1947 and 1964. These grow in several chalky terroirs in Chavot and Mancy. The sites in Chavot (La Potote and Les Rouges Maisons) sit on deep clay and silt soils, with a presence of flint and small stones. In Mancy are Les Hautes Norgeailles and Les Bas Putroux, where the vines are rooted in clay soils over chalk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eViticulture for these sites is entirely biodynamic. As well as referencing the age of the vines, the name also refers to the fact that these vines are all massal selections (i.e. non-clonal). There is even a soupçon of ungrafted vine material scattered throughout these vineyards. Aurélien uses old Burgundy barrels for aging (including some sourced from Montille and Leroux), and there was no malolactic conversion. The wine aged for seven months in barrel, followed by 30 months on lees in bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThe very low dosage of 3 g\/L allows the iodine minerality of these chalky terroirs to sing. This is emblematic of the quality at Laherte today and reflects the fruit’s tension and low-yield intensity. It offers a wonderful balance between penetrating, spicy, fleshy red fruit and salty, racy deliciousness—one of the great Meunier bottlings of Champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44382289395950,"sku":"23852-750","price":135.17,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/9e80a22a-716d-ee11-ac3d-02c0c1c8e708_23852-750.png?v=1697609323"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-les-rouges-maisons-nv-base-19-disg-nov-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Les Rouges Maisons NV (Base 19 Disg. Nov 2022)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eBase 2019. Disgorged November 2022. This exceptionally fine Blanc de Noirs is drawn from the prized lieu-dit of Les Rouges Maisons, sited on the mid-slope of the Chavot hill. The Pinot Noir vines here were planted in 1983 on a deep soil rich in clay, flint and schist. The wine was made from a single four-tonne press of grapes, which fermented naturally and matured in old Clos des Epeneaux and Leroux barrels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eAged for 18 months sur lattes (in bottle on lees), Les Rouges Maisons is a pure vintage wine, 2019 in this case, and bottled with just 2 g\/L dosage. The acidity is firmer here than the Meunier Blanc de Noirs (Vignes d'Autrefois), with a chewy austerity typical of Pinot Noir grown in limestone in Champagne. Fine and poised on the palate with impressive balance, racy freshness and fine chalk-infused bitters that drive a long, sapid finish—it's an outstanding Blanc de Noirs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44385733181678,"sku":"23847-750","price":135.17,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/331dcc00-356e-ee11-ac3d-0aa7bbf44e76_23847-750.png?v=1697695703"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-premier-cru-nature-de-craie-nv-base-tba-disg-may-2023","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères 1er Cru Nature de Craie NV (Base 21 Disg. May 2023)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eBase 2021. Disgorged May 2023. Aurélien Laherte has been experimenting with a sans soufre (zero-sulphur) cuvée for several vintages. In 2018, he cracked it with two barrels of Côte des Blancs juice from two Premier Cru terroirs in Vertus and Voipreux. Laherte noted that the critical factors to the stability of vinifying in the absence of any additions were zero dosage and full malolactic conversion. His successful work with this wine has encouraged him to work without sulphites with some of the components of the blended wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThe third release of Laherte’s Nature de Craie is drawn from a single vintage (2021) sourced from vines planted in 1960, 1965 and 1987. The word craie refers to the chalky soil of these terroirs, which lie on the lower slopes, ensuring good exposure and providing fruit ripeness with no need for additional dosage. This release was vinified in neutral oak barrels before aging on cork for 12 months. It was disgorged in May 2023 with no dosage. This is a unique and powerful Burgundian Blanc de Blancs, wonderfully pure and deeply textured, drawing together notes of iodine, wildflowers and chalk with white-peach fleshiness and smoky mineral complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44385747730670,"sku":"23853-750","price":115.23,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/a9dfd1ec-366e-ee11-ac3d-02c0c1c8e708_23853-750.png?v=1697695710"},{"product_id":"champagne-laherte-freres-petit-meslier-nv-base-tba-disg-sep-2022","title":"Champagne Laherte Frères Petit Meslier NV (Base 20. Disg. Sep 2022)","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eBase 2020. Disgorged September 2022. Petit Meslier has formed an integral part of Aurélien Laherte’s Les 7 cuvée for almost 20 vintages. One of Champagne’s heirloom varieties, Meslier is a historic cross between Gouais Blanc and Savagnin. Although this low-yielding variety has been largely forgotten in Champagne, the Laherte family has remained attached to the grape’s personality and ability to retain acidity, even in warmer vintages. Between 2018 and 2023, Laherte established a mid-slope vineyard on Chavot’s clay\/limestone soils, using mass-selection cuttings from the domaine’s oldest Meslier vines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThis wine marks the third release of this exciting project. The grapes are pressed in Laherte’s antique Coquard press, and the juice ferments naturally in old barrel. The wine ages for six months on lees in barrel and then a further 18 months sur lattes. This bottling is based on the 2020 vintage with 40% reserve wines and was disgorged by hand with just 2 g\/L dosage (extra brut). The result is an intense and supple yet impeccably fresh Champagne crammed with juicy peach and burnt orange fruit woven through with Meslier’s Alpine meadow complexity. This is a deliciously daring, not to mention hugely promising, wine from Aurélien Laherte.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Laherte Frères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44385747960046,"sku":"23854-750","price":198.1,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/1b53d294-366e-ee11-ac3d-02c0c1c8e708_23854-750.png?v=1697695714"},{"product_id":"champagne-egly-ouriet-grand-cru-blanc-de-noirs-vieilles-vignes-les-crayeres-nv-base-16-disg-jul-23","title":"Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Les Crayères Vieilles Vignes NV (Base 16, Disg Jul 23)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintages: 2016 (50%), 2015 (50%)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBottling: 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisgorgement: July 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime on lees: 72 months\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn some ways, this is the emblematic wine of the domaine. It was Michel Bettane, the influential French critic, who encouraged Francis Egly to bottle this single vineyard wine separately, with the first release being from the 1989 vintage. This latest offering was bottled after the 2016 base had spent close to one year in cask before being blended with 50% reserve wines from the 2015 vintage. All the vinification and aging for both vintages was in barrel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit comes from old Pinot Noir vines in a single terroir known as Les Crayères. The vines here were planted in 1946, so are now 75 years old (vines of this age are extremely rare in Champagne). Here the soil is barely 30cm deep, then it’s chalk, hundreds of metres down—hence the name of the site (craie is French for ‘chalk’, crayères references chalk quarries which likely once existed here). Les Crayères is situated mid-slope with a full south-facing exposure, not far from the estate’s cellars. The old vines are deeply rooted, giving the wine a classic, mineral energy that weaves its way through the powerful, layered Pinot Noir fruit. The deep concentration is a product of the ripeness and low yields that both the site and its ancient vines naturally deliver. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2016 base is both a tribute to the greatest sites of Ambonnay and to the Egly-Ouriet domaine. Houses that emphasise blending may consider a 100% old-vine Ambonnay like this to be too intense; Egly gives it to you full throttle! This release is a wine of profound depth yet also great finesse. It’s still early days for the nose (if you open it now, give it time) while the palate is already stunning; a chiselled, mineral mouth bomb. The dosage is only two grams per litre and it’s invisible. An expression of a singular terroir, this is, of course, a unique wine that is, as always, built for food and for aging.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Egly-Ouriet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44468476215534,"sku":"23964-750","price":586.87,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/1a80a86a-eb71-ee11-ac3d-02c0c1c8e708_23964-750.png?v=1700114787"},{"product_id":"champagne-larmandier-bernier-grand-cru-les-chemins-davize-2015-disg-sep-2022","title":"Champagne Larmandier-Bernier Grand Cru Les Chemins d'Avize 2015 (Disg. Sep 2022)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDisgorged September 2022. The Larmandier family vinifies fruit from two tiny plots in the heart of Avize (Chemin de Plivot planted in 1955, and Chemin de Flavigny planted in 1960) for this cuvée. Both are chalky parcels with very little topsoil, and both lie on the lower slopes of Avize (not far from Agrapart and Selosse’s La Fosse vineyard).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe winemaking is similar to the other cuvées, save for using smaller neutral barrels for the fermentations because of the smaller quantities of wine produced. The wines age in bottle for a minimum of five years and are then disgorged by hand with only 2 g\/L dosage. 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As a result of this planting, Laherte has developed a strong passion for the potential of Petit Meslier, and in 2013, he planted a small parcel in Chavot using mass-selection cuttings. Between 2018 and 2023, he planted a further 1.7 hectares of Meslier, which will eventually cover 10% of the estate’s plantings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eAurélien Laherte is showcasing some of the most exciting winemaking in Champagne today, and this is a good example. Based on the 2019 vintage, this experimental skin contact\/rosé is a 50\/50 blend of Pinot Noir and Petit Meslier from two plots in Chavot on clay-silt soils. Following a 12-hour maceration, the grapes naturally fermented in a single, neutral barrel. The wine aged on lees in bottle for 30 months before disgorgement in November 2022, with no dosage. We would love to see what the establishment suits in Épernay and Reims would make of this. 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The Côte des Bar is overwhelmingly planted to Pinot Noir, but in 2000, Gautherot chose Chardonnay. He used mass-selection cuttings from Anselme Selosse’s vines (in Avize) and Vincent Dauvissat’s Valmur Grand Cru vineyard. This plot has become the base of what Antonio Galloni calls “one of the most beautiful and distinctive wines in Champagne”. As of 2020, the cuvée also includes fruit from the Fonnet vineyard as well as Vouette itself, which was previously planted to Pinot Noir before replanting to Chardonnay several years ago.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndigenous yeasts ferment the wine in used 500- and 600-litre barrels, with a small portion fermented and raised in Georgian amphora (see Textures). As with Fidèle, this wine spends roughly 15 to 18 months in bottle on lees before being disgorged by hand with zero dosage. For the record, the Biaunes vines yield only 15 to 20 hl\/ha each year, which is key to the depth and mineral intensity on offer. 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This 0.3-hectare section of La Fosse lies on the chalkiest portion of the slope near the village (contrasting with the more clay-rich soils of the Avizoise cuvée). The vines were planted in 1959 and so are extremely old by Champagne standards. This single parcel cuvée is therefore made in only tiny quantities each year. The wine is named after the Boulonnais mare, Vénus, that first ploughed the vineyard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes, Avizoise is one of the benchmark wines of the Côte des Blancs, yet Vénus somehow takes everything to another level. It’s an intense wine that demands food and is worth decanting when young. It will also benefit from two or three years of further aging (at least). Treat it like a great white wine, served at the table with proper wine glasses (we recommend a Burgundy glass), and you will be greatly rewarded. This cuvée is bottled without any dosage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVénus has more depth, grip and phenolic power than Avizoise, yet it offers plenty of finesse and mineral intensity to match the wine’s power and complexity. It’s a Côte des Blancs Chevalier-Montrachet! In 2018, this terroir's magic is again on show; no matter the depth, the wines still offer otherworldly vibrancy, finesse and drinkability. 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Finally, we should not forget that this is a wine style that is extremely difficult to make. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst, some background for those new to this wine. In 2002, Agrapart sought and (remarkably) received permission from the local authorities to begin experimenting with a small quantity of wine that he wanted to produce without adding any sugar: no chaptalisation and no additions for the secondary fermentation’s liqueur de tirage (the tricky part), nor the final dosage (liqueur d’expédition). Not using sugar and yeast for the liqueur de tirage (to prompt the second fermentation in the bottle) is actually against the AOC laws, which is why Agrapart needed permission. So how does Agrapart achieve the bottle fermentation? Instead of sugar, he uses must (grape juice) from the same vineyards that produce the wine, thus enabling him to produce a Champagne that is 100% the product of estate-grown grapes. It is also a lower-alcohol wine because the absence of sugar additions means the alcohol does not jump 1.5 degrees, as typically occurs with standard secondary fermentation. So, this wine rests at around 11.8% alcohol compared with 12.5% for the rest of the range. It’s also a wine that can age well; we recently tasted the first vintage, 2007, from magnum at the estate. It was in wonderful shape!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe current release is an equal-parts blend from vineyards that contributed to the Avizoise and Minéral cuvées (Les Robarts in Avize and Les Bionnes in Cramant), ‘dosed’ with around 20% of the juice of 2020 from these same vineyards. It is this juice that drives the secondary fermentation in the bottle. Again, no sugar or yeast additions are used for all fermentation, and the wine is never fined or filtered. Regardless of the methodology, this is simply a magnificent, one-of-a-kind Blanc de Blancs: complex, floral and crystalline—without the traditional autolytic notes of a standard tirage, but instead, a purity and delicacy that is second to none. The finish is seriously long as well, streaked with chalk, sap and candied lemon notes. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Agrapart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45889158906094,"sku":"24466-750","price":611.42,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/8f9c3283-468f-ef11-ac3f-02cd372e28bf_24466-750.png?v=1729476528"},{"product_id":"champagne-suenen-grand-cru-cramant-blanc-de-blancs-les-robarts-2017-disg-jun-23","title":"Champagne Suenen Grand Cru Cramant Blanc de Blancs Les Robarts 2017 (Disg. Jun 23)","description":"\u003cp\u003eChampagne nerds might recognise this lieu-dit as one of the sources of Pascal Agrapart’s renowned Avizoise cuvée. 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Now more than 45 years of age, these old vines suffer from fanleaf virus, resulting in tiny leaves, roots and bunches. Coupled with skeletal soils (just 35 cm of topsoil over pure chalk), this results in a deep yet compact expression of Chouilly that is unlike any other. Expect flesh and concentrated ripeness with chiselled structure and intense, saline minerality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuenen’s 2017 fermented naturally and aged for nine months in a single 600-litre Stockinger barrel. It then spent more than five years in bottle before disgorgement in June 2023. Following a dosage trial (the standard practice here), it was topped with 5 g\/L. Rippling with texture, complexity and great length, the aromas offer shades of red stone fruits, pain d'épices notes, and dabs of iodine. The intensity on the palate matches the intensity of the perfume; this is a linear, rocky, complex wine with everything buzzing in harmony. 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This gorgeous wine starts with beautiful precision and explodes on the chiselled, umami-like finish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Suenen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45963398840558,"sku":"23410-750","price":339.75,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/f0ef3622-bf4f-ef11-ac3c-0a73f16ad943_23410-750.png?v=1731895970"},{"product_id":"champagne-suenen-c-c-blanc-de-blancs-grand-cru-base-20-disg-jun-2023","title":"Champagne Suenen Grand Cru C + C Blanc de Blancs (Base 20 Disg. Jun 2023)","description":"\u003cp\u003e2020 base with 45% reserve wines from 2013 to 2019. The C + C Blanc de Blancs is blended from nine parcels across north and south-facing hillsides in Cramant and Chouilly, including Les Robarts and Le Mont-Aigu. The oldest vines date back to 1951. The average depth of the soils of these parcels is marginally deeper than Oiry, with silty clay overlaying the chalk. In Suenen’s plots on Cramant’s eastern slope—Les Robarts, Les Basses Croix, Les Fourches du Nord, Les Vignes de Mardu—the soils measure one metre before the roots meet the chalk. In Chouilly, it’s closer to 60 cm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blend is split between Cramant (70%) and Chouilly (30%). Although tempted to bottle each village separately, Suenen has found the two villages work even better as a blend. The textural finesse of Cramant marries perfectly with Chouilly's more layered personality. Again, the wine aged on lees for nine months in enamelled tank (50%) and used Burgundy oak barrels and demi-muid. It then aged for 30 months in bottle with no fining, filtration or cold stabilisation. It was disgorged in June 2023 with a dosage of 4 g\/L. The extra depth of the soils, along with a good dose of southern exposure, makes for a creamier, more cushioned texture than the Oiry above. 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Vines of this age are as rare as hens’ teeth in Champagne, giving tiny yields of concentrated berries. The land here is largely flat with a somewhat northern exposure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe base wine fermented naturally and aged for nine months in one 700-litre concrete egg and one 600-litre Stockinger barrel (the same one is used each year). It then aged sur lies for 60 months in bottle until disgorgement in June 2023, when it was dosed with 3 g\/L.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuenen explains that the wines from this vineyard express themselves with great finesse. “The energy brought by this calcium-rich terroir makes the mouthfeel richer through a silky bubble. With time, the finish lengthens on a salivating mineral vibrancy.” Put another way, this is a more intense and complex expression of this region’s naked-chalk terroir than the NV Oiry. The 2017 harvest produced less than 2,000 bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrue to its vintage, this is loaded with racy white stone fruit flecked by traces of smoke and iodine. It’s underscored by a piercing core of chalky minerality, turning more linear and pointed on the long, lemon oil and kaffir lime-scented finish. It’s in a class of its own and a fine successor to the brilliant 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Suenen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45963399430382,"sku":"23407-750","price":378.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/a5bb9be7-be4f-ef11-ac3c-02cd372e28bf_23407-750.png?v=1731895975"},{"product_id":"champagne-egly-ouriet-grand-cru-blanc-de-noirs-les-crayeres-vieilles-vignes-nv-base-17-disg-july-24","title":"Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Les Crayères Vieilles Vignes NV (Base 17, Disg. 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The soil is barely 30cm deep, then it’s chalk, hundreds of metres down—hence the name of the site (craie is French for ‘chalk’; crayères references chalk quarries which likely once existed here). Les Crayères is situated mid-slope with a full south-facing exposure, not far from the estate’s cellars. The old vines are deeply rooted, giving the wine a classic mineral energy that weaves its way through the powerful, layered Pinot Noir fruit. The deep concentration is a product of the ripeness and low yields that the site and its ancient vines confer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2017 base is a tribute to the greatest sites of Ambonnay and the Egly-Ouriet domaine. Houses that emphasise blending may consider a 100% old-vine Ambonnay like this to be too intense; Egly gives it to you full throttle! This release has both profound depth and incredible finesse. 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Vincent and Raphaël are no strangers to Mailly; previously, as much as 70% of their Montagne cuvée was drawn from this Grand Cru. Raphaël describes his decision to jump on the offer of a 0.4-hectare parcel of 60-year-old Pinot Fin vines rooted in the rich clay and chalk of the Les Chalois vineyard as the easiest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wine was vinified with indigenous yeasts in oak barrels up to 600 litres in size. It spent 48 months under cork before disgorgement. The dosage was 3.5 g\/L. This wine is the only independent bottling of the Mailly Grand Cru we have come across, and it gives us a taste of what we have been missing. 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Sorbée provides much of the balance, topped off by Châtel—a rocky, limestone-rich vineyard with 20-plus-year-old Pinot Noir vines. Overall, the vines average 30 years of age. After pressing in a traditional vertical Coquard press, Fidèle is vinified—without added yeast or chaptalisation—in used Burgundy barrels for 10 months (these came from Domaine Arnaud Ente in Meursault). The wine then spends 15 to 20 months on lees in bottle after secondary fermentation and is disgorged with zero dosage. Gautherot describes this as “a dangerous wine”—the bottle disappears so quickly—and this description could not be more apt. 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