CHAMPAGNE TARLANT

PAST WINES

ZÉRO

This cuvée is made from equal parts Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier. Over 60 plots are vinified separately, ageing in barrel before being blended with reserve wine (40%). The wines undergo indigenous primary fermentation, but malolactic conversion is rare thanks to low pH levels and a cool cellar. The wines are bottled by gravity and after extended ageing sur lattes (often 6 years) the wine is disgorged. This cuvée is a Brut Nature, released without dosage.

2004 L’AÉRIENNE ROSÉ

This cuvée is made from Chardonnay (50%), Pinot Noir (35%), and Pinot Meunier (15%) grown on a combination of chalk, clay, and limestone in the town of Oeuilly. Four plots were fermented separately and then selected for their ability to translate vintage. The wines spent an additional six months on lees in barrel before blending which included a small amount of red wine. The wine then spends over thirteen years on lees before being disgorged. No dosage was used.

2014 ARGILITÉ

This Blanc de Blancs is from a small plot planted by selection massale in 1987 by Maurice Boiselle, Jean-Marie, and Micheline Tarlant. This site is steep by Champagne standards, planted on limestone next to Celles-lès-Condé. The grapes are pressed into amphora where the wine ferments and ages on lees for seven months. After bottling, the wine spends five years sur lattes before being disgorged.

BAM! (2010 base)

This cuvée is an ode to the unsung grapes of Champagne: Petit Meslier (46%), Pinot Blanc (27%), and Arbane (27%). The vines were interplanted in 2003 by selection massale on sand and limestone in lieu dit called Four à Chaux. The wine is primarily from the 2010 vintage, but a significant portion comes from their réserve perpetuelle started in 2007. After fermentation and élevage in barrel, the wine is blended and bottled. It spends seven+ years on lees before being disgorged. As is their norm, no dosage was used.

2004 LA VIGNE D’OR

The inspiration for this cuvée is a single parcel called Pierre de Bellevue in Oeuilly. Planted by their grandfather Georges in 1947, it features Sparnacian clay-limestone, a soil type unique to the Marne. Pinot Meunier was direct pressed into Burgundy barrels for fermentation and a short élevage. The wines low pH and cool cellars prevent malolactic conversion. After 10+ years sur lattes, the wine was disgorged. No dosage was used.

2019 PINOT NOIR

This wine is made exclusively from Pinot Noir planted in 1946 to 1948 by selection massale by the Tarlant family. The lieu dit of Les Crayons features a mixture of clay and limestone. The grapes are direct pressed into tank to settle overnight before being racked into barrel for fermentation and élevage. After sixteen months the wine is bottled.

2019 PINOT MEUNIER

This wine is made exclusively from Pinot Meunier planted in 1947 by selection massale by Germaine and Georges Tarlant. The lieu dit of Pierre de Bellevue features a mixture of clay and limestone on an east facing site. The grapes are direct pressed into tank to settle overnight before being racked into barrel for fermentation and élevage. After sixteen months the wine is bottled.

2019 CHARDONNAY

This wine is made exclusively from Chardonnay planted in 1970 by selection massale by Denise and Geo Tarlant. The lieu dit of l’Enclume features a mixture of silica, sand, and silex on an east facing site. The grapes are direct pressed into tank to settle overnight before being racked into barrel for fermentation and élevage. After sixteen months the wine is bottled.