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94 pts Vinous (Galloni)
Drinking Window 2024 - 2033
The 2018 Extra Brut Les Empreintes, a blend of equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, is especially fine. Tangerine peel, spice, dried flowers and a kiss of French oak lend notable textural resonance. This is one of the more overt, layered wines in the range. All the elements are so well balanced. The Empreintes is not the most complex wine from Laherte, but it is surely the most pleasurable. Dosage is 2 grams per liter. Disgorged: November 2023. - By Antonio Galloni on March 2024

One of his most sought after wines, this very interesting blend of half Pinot and half Chardonnay is always vintage dated.  The chardonnay (of which 1/3 is Chardonnay muscaté) comes from Les Chemins d’Epernay with clay and silt soils and a chalky subsoil. Planted in 1957. The pinot noir Les Rouges Maisons is planted in soils that are fairly deep with clay, flints and schists in the topsoils with a chalky bedrock. Planted in 1983.

• 50% Chardonnay (1/3 of Chardonnay muscaté). Planted in 1957.
• 50% Pinot Noir. Planted in 1983.
• Dosage 2 g/L
• Farming Practices: Biodynamic, Organic
• 35-61+ year old vines (for this 2018)
• Alcoholic fermentation in used barrels
• NO Malolactic fermentation made
• Aging on lees for 6 months.