Champagne Laherte Freres Extra Brut Ultradition

Pinot Meunier is dominant with 60%, unusual for an NV cuvée and grows in the Vallée de la Marne, the Chardonnay origins from Chavot. A small shot of Pinot Noir, grown on clay marl, with inclusions of flint and chalk, is added. The subsoil is pure chalk rock. The wines are aged in small and large oak barrels, and malo only takes place partially. When the fermentation of the Meunier wines is complete, Aurelien withdraws the previous year's Chardonnays from the barrel and adds the Meunier to the barrel on the Chardonnay yeast to make the wines denser and more vinous. The base wines remain on the fine yeast for 6 months before bottle fermentation.