{"product_id":"2019-champagne-benoit-lahaye-le-jardin-de-la-grosse-pierre-grand-cru-extra-brut-bouzy","title":"2019 Champagne Benoît Lahaye, “Le Jardin de la Grosse Pierre” Grand Cru Extra Brut, Bouzy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBenoît Lahaye is one of Champagne’s pioneering grower-producers, farming his family’s Grand Cru vineyards in Bouzy with certified biodynamic methods. He works the soils by horse, relies on native yeasts, and keeps cellar intervention to a minimum. In a village famous for powerful, structured Pinot Noir, Lahaye’s wines stand out for their purity, precision, and sense of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Le Jardin de la Grosse Pierre” is one of Champagne’s most remarkable historic sites: a single parcel planted in 1923 as a field blend of all seven traditional Champagne varieties, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Meunier, Arbane, Petit Meslier, and Pinot Gris. The grapes are harvested and fermented together with native yeasts in neutral oak barrels, so the wine expresses the parcel as a whole rather than any single variety. The 2019 spent several years on its lees before disgorgement as Extra Brut, yielding a Champagne of unusual aromatic range and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA rare co-planted parcel from 1923 that includes the heritage varieties Arbane and Petit Meslier, almost never seen in Champagne today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAromas of dried orchard fruit, quince, and white flowers, with a hint of cardamom spice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA layered, textured palate where no single grape dominates, giving the wine a complexity all its own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA long, chalky finish driven by Bouzy’s deep mineral soils and natural acidity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA collector’s Champagne and a fascinating conversation piece for any dinner table.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow To Serve It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eServe chilled between 48 and 52°F.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecant for about 15 minutes, or pour early, to let the field-blend aromatics open up.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll-purpose white wine stems will capture its expansive floral and spice perfume far better than flutes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePair with roasted turbot in beurre blanc, veal sweetbreads with morels, or a mature alpine cheese like Beaufort.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"SommSelect","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47992008507446,"sku":"SOMM2610-BL19JGP-750","price":189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/3628\/8822\/files\/2019ChampagneBenoitLahaye_LeJardindelaGrossePierre_GrandCruExtraBrut_Bouzy.png?v=1791319203","url":"https:\/\/sommselect.com\/products\/2019-champagne-benoit-lahaye-le-jardin-de-la-grosse-pierre-grand-cru-extra-brut-bouzy","provider":"SommSelect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}