Laherte-Freres Nature de Craie Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru NV

I was quite taken by this wine's textures and elegance and it was my first spin with it.  Delicately elegant, fresh, good toast and biscuit, but also a lot of mineral and chalk, all citrus fruit in nature this was really, really pretty.

91-92 points Essi Avellan, MW
 "(100% Chardonnay). Nature de Craie is Laherte’s no-added-sulphites cuvée. Originating in the Côte des Blancs Premiers Crus Vertus and Voipreux, it is made exclusively of 2022 fruit. Produced with plenty of solids to protect he wine with full-malolactic fermentation adding to its gravitas, it comes with a yeasty richness. It is a sound no-sulphite wine but aromatics are darker and more veiled that what Laherte’s wines typically are. Early consumption is recommended. (Sep 2025)"

• 100% 1er Premier Cru Chardonnay from Vertus and Voipreux
• Single vintage only
• Dosage 0 g/l
• Farming Practices: Biodynamic, Organic
• Picked up by hand at full maturity, traditional pressing of the grapes (coquard).
• Selection of the best wines put into the barrels by gravity
• Alcoholic fermentation in barrels with some batonnage
• Malolactic fermentation 100%
• Aged on the fine lees
• Vinified without any addition of sulfur
• Disgorgment by hand