CHAMPAGNE TARLANT

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ESTIMATED RETAIL PRICE: $79.00

CSPC: 848108

ZÉRO

This cuvée has historically been nearly equal parts Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardonnay but over the last decade they’ve been planting Petit Meslier, Arbane, and Pinot Blanc, sourced from old selection massale. Over 60 plots were vinified separately in 2014, ageing in barrel before being blended with reserve wine (40%, dating back to 2011). The wines undergo indigenous primary fermentation, but malolactic conversion is rare thanks to low pH levels and a cool cellar. The wine is bottled by gravity and after extended ageing sur lattes (6 years) the wine is disgorged in February of 2021. This cuvée is a brut nature, released without dosage.

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ESTIMATED RETAIL PRICE: $92.00

CSPC: 848109

ROSÉ ZÉRO

This cuvée is made from Chardonnay (50%), Pinot Noir (44%), and Pinot Meunier (6%). A portion of the red grapes undergo a short maceration before fermentation. The lion’s share comes from a single vintage, but 20% barrel-aged reserve wine is also added for depth and texture. After blending, the wine is bottled via gravity. It spends an extended period sur lattes (often 6+ years) before being disgorged. No dosage was used.

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ESTIMATED RETAIL PRICE: $128.00

CSPC: 848110

2005 LA LUTÉTIENNE

This cuvée is made from 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir from the town of Oeuilly, planted exclusively on Lutetian limestone. Five parcels were chosen that best represent the vintage (Mocque Tonneau, Four à Chaux, Le Métier, Les Forgeottes, and L'Enclume). The wine is wild fermented in barrel where it spends six months on lees. After blending the wine is bottled and aged sur lattes for over thirteen years. This release was disgorged a year later than our original shipment. 230 cases were produced. 12.5% ABV

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ESTIMATED RETAIL PRICE: $166.00

CSPC: 880644

2004 CUVÉE LOUIS

This cuvée was created to honor Melanie and Benoit’s great-great-great-grandfather who broke away from the house system, essentially kick starting the grower movement way back in 1928, decades before his peers. Louis planted this lieu-dit (Les Crayons) to selection massale in 1946. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are used in equal measure, fermenting in barrel for six months before being bottles. After more than fifteen years on lees the wine is disgorged and released without dosage.

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ESTIMATED RETAIL PRICE: $300.00

CSPC: 848112

2015 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.

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ESTIMATED RETAIL PRICE: $233.00

CSPC: 848113

BAM!

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 2011 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 nine years on lees before being disgorged in June 2021. As is their norm, no dosage was used. Less than 100 cases were produced.

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ESTIMATED RETAIL PRICE: $196.00

CSPC: 858880

2006 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. It was disgorged in June 2022 and sees no dosage. We are their first account to receive the new vintage.

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ESTIMATED RETAIL PRICE: $263.00

CSPC: 858882

2002 L’ÉTINCELANTE

This cuvée is made from Chardonnay (57%), Pinot Noir (29%), and Pinot Meunier (14%) from Benoit’s dream vintage. Six plots were selected this year from diverse soil types: chalk, flint, limestone. The grapes were direct pressed into barrel for fermentation. The wines low pH and cool cellars prevent malolactic conversion. After nearly 15 years sur lattes, the wine was disgorged. No dosage was used.

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A bottle of Tarlant's La Vigne d'Antan champagne. The label is an opalescent grey and features a gold crest.

ESTIMATED RETAIL PRICE: $316.00

CSPC: 858883

2004 LA VIGNE D’ANTAN

The town of Oeuilly features a small plot called Les Sables, famed for its sandy, phylloxera dissuading soils. Thanks to this unique factor, own-rooted massale Chardonnay was planted here in 1962. The grapes were direct pressed into barrel for fermentation. The wines low pH and cool cellars prevent malolactic conversion. This release spends an additional year on lees before being disgorged in June 2022. Only 108 cases were produced.

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