Product Overview
Importer's Notes
"Bottled in the spring after the harvest and aging in neutral oak for 6 months, it is then disgorged with no added sugar after 18 months and released shortly thereafter.
Although due to the regulations in Champagne, this is not technically a vintage bottling because it does not spend the required three years sur latte, this wine is never a blend of vintages. The year of harvest is revealed above as the last two digits in the item code.
This is a blend of Vincent Laval’s south-facing premier cru vineyards in Cumières, just west of Epernay. Quite vinous in texture with no sweetness on the palate, the nose combines citrus, minerals and just a hint of toast. Quite dry on the palate, a year or two in bottle helps this wine to fill out and reach it’s full potential of expression. Ripe fruit is laced with scratchy mineral texture and long term persistence. Like precious few Champagnes, this is a very serious wine that will reward, year after year, any cellaring that it is accorded."
Varietal Composition: 55% Pinot Noir, 10% Pinot Meunier, 35% Chardonnay
Appellation: Champagne AOC
Aging: 6 months in oak, followed 18 months on lees
Harvest year: 2022 (not vintage dated due to the 36 months aging requirement)
91 Points - Wine Advocate
"Disgorged in October 2024 without dosage, Laval’s latest NV Brut Nature Cumières—sourced entirely from the 2022 vintage—is a blend of fruit from various vineyard sites across Cumières. Fermented and matured in oak, it opens from the glass with aromas of early-blooming white blossoms, pear and spices. On the palate, it is medium- to full-bodied, vinous and fleshy, delivering an expansive entry and a generous core of ripe fruit. The acidity is both ripe but vibrant, while the mousse is pillowy, lending a refined texture. Beneath its ripeness lies a firm backbone of tension, culminating in a long, intensely saline finish." -KK, 7/17/25
