2013 Benoit Lahaye Grand Cru Extra Brut Millesime, Champagne, France Baias e Enseadas de-stemmed and fermented in stainless

de-stemmed and fermented in stainless steel tanks

Fully skin-fermented for 20 days

velvet-like texture that intensifies and prolongs the finish by buffering the impact of high alcohol

and still quite some residual scents from its spontaneous fermentation

and Chardonnay from  Haut de Argentières

2013 Benoit Lahaye Grand Cru Extra Brut Millesime, Champagne, France Baias e Enseadas de-stemmed and fermented in stainlessThis is a gorgeous wine from Bouzy based Benoit Lahaye. Fermented in barrique, made with 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay: Pinot from parcel Monts de Tauxires, planted in 1966, and Chardonnay from Haut de Argentires, planted in 1960.