Tarlant Cuvee Louis Brut Nature Champagne

D&M NOTES:

TASTING: (2004 & 2005 Base Wines; 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir; Certified Organic farming)  Named for Benoît’s and Melanie’s great-great-great grandfather Louis, who was the first to bottle the family’s estate wines. this is a full-bodied Champagne that is simultaneously rich and bone-dry. Dense, mature yellow fruits are burrowed in its core with an undying wave of chalk minerality. After air, savory dried mushroom and white truffle will also make a much welcomed appearance.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Pierre Tarlant, began wine cultivation in 1687 in Burgundy. To name all of the members of the Tarlant family would be like the beginning of the Old Testament, but we feel it important to highlight a several significant Tarlants. In 1780 as our Revolutionary War entered its second phase Louis Tarlant and his wife went to live in Oeuilly in the Marne and began to plant vineyards. In 1911 Louis Adrien Tarlant took part in the "Champagne Revolution” to recognize the AOC worldwide. Louis, as Mayor of Oeuilly, and his colleagues were instrumental in specifying the AOC Champagne area in 1927. Louis Adrien, with his wife’s help, was also the first to launch a cuvee Tarlant, named Carte Blanche. Today the 12th generation of the Tarlant family is learning the ropes with Benoit spending time in the cellar and learning winemaking with his father and Melanie working the world marketing and selling the products of their family’s cellars. Their holdings are spread across 55 different parcels in four villages. The Tarlant family has a deep respect for their land, and utilizes non-fertilizer interventions to improve their land.