Laherte Freres Champagne Les 7 NV 750ml

Dried oranges and apples with some bruised apples and stones. Full-bodied with round tannins and a juicy palate. Phenolic. Lots of lemon drops and dried lemons on the palate with some brioche. Esoteric blend. 10% pinot gris, 18% chardonnay, 18% pinot meunier, 15% petit meslier, 8% arbanne, 14% pinot noir and 17% pinot blanc. Solera with vintages from 2005 to 2018. Unfiltered. Dosage 0 to 4g/L

• Country: France
• Region: Champagne
• Size: 750ml

Varietal

Champagne Blend

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn’t unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as ‘blanc de blanc’, meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or ‘blanc de noir’, which is made solely with Pinot Noir.