Champagne "L`Enclume" Brut Nature
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100% Chardonnay. From a 0.4-hectare parcel of vines planted in the 1960s in the Tarlants' home village of Oeuilly. This northeast-facing slope features eolian soils with stones of silex, flint being quite rare here. 2011 is the first bottling of this single parcel, brought about by the demise of black grapes in 2011 (normally this Chard would have been incorporated with the two Pinots in another wine). These certified-organic bunches were hand-harvested and gently pressed; the juice was fermented with natural yeasts in stainless steel vats. The wine was aged in barrel with no malolactic fermentation before bottling in May 2012. The bottles were aged sur lattes, disgorged in 2022 and finished with zero dosage. "L'Enclume" means "anvil", in reference to the shape of the vineyard parcel.