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Champagne Georges Laval, 'Les Chenes' Premier Cru Brut Nature 2018
France / Sparkling

Champagne Georges Laval, 'Les Chenes' Premier Cru Brut Nature 2018

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Fruit

Earth

Acid

Body

Minerality

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"While the Laval family has been growing vines for four generations, Georges Laval began producing estate-bottled champagne in 1971. His son Vincent joined the estate after finishing his studies in 1991, and has been in charge of the cellars since 1996. Laval’s vineyard holdings comprise just 2.5 hectares. Average vine age is over 30 years, and the oldest vines of the estate are over 70 years of age. The Lavals have been practicing organic viticulture since 1971, certified by Ecocert. “It’s a little more difficult to work organically than conventionally,” says Vincent Laval, “but it can be done, of course, and afterwards you have a better conscience.”  Laval’s wines are harvested ripe and almost never chaptalized, and fermentation takes place in barrel, with indigenous yeasts. The wines are bottled late, usually about ten months after the harvest, and they are neither fined, filtered nor cold-stabilized. While Laval is not against the use of sulfur, he does try to limit its use as much as possible."

Country
France
Sub-Region
Montagne de Reims
Region
Champagne
Varieties
Chardonnay
Farming
Organic
Soil
Chalky Limestone, Clay
Winemaking
Barrel Aged, Barrel Fermented, Dry Farmed, Estate grown grapes, Hand harvested, Indigenous yeast fermented, Low Sulfur Vinification & Aging, Organically Grown Grapes