Benoit Lahaye Rose de Maceration Extra Brut, Champagne, France Lagavulin 2017 Valli Unite Derthona Timorasso

2017 Valli Unite Derthona Timorasso Colli Tortonesi Piedmont

Età delle viti / Vine age: 3 (Boscogrosso) and 5 years old (Sigala)

Hubert and Laurent sourced grapes from a 50-year-old plot in this hallowed grand cru—a total of only two barrels of wine

The fruit (organically farmed) is handled with an extended maceration on the skins

Benoit Lahaye Rose de Maceration Extra Brut, Champagne, France Lagavulin 2017 Valli Unite Derthona Timorasso100% Pinot Noir from Les Juliennes, a vineyard located on the terres blanches in Bouzy, on the border with Tauxires, and planted in 1973. Shallow, brown chalk soils. Whole cluster maceration for 2 to 3 days, then direct pressing. The still wine is racked once and not filtered before its secondary fermentation. Low dosage of 2 to 3 grams liter (extra dry).