2016 Marc Hébrart "Noces de Craie" Extra-Brut, Vallée de la Marne, Champagne, FranceABOUT THIS WINE 100% Pinot Noir from the A Grand Cru, Cheuzelles, Longshamp, Pierre Robert, Pruche, Chauffour. This is aged in stainless steell and sees 36+ months on lees. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Jean Paul Hbrart took over the operations of Marc Hbrart Champagne in the Valle de la Marne from his father Marc in 1997. This estate is not exactly new: Jean Pauls father has been producing champagne under the Marc Hbrart name since 1964 and has been a member

The industrialization of wine is the end of its identities

After the days of Jean

The palate is light with good acid and a clean and zingy style

poise and impressive length that comes in waves

Ausbruch is harvested from botrytized grapes with a must weight between BA and TBA (138 Oechsle) and Heidi’s wine is one of Rust’s iconic examples of this noble sweet wine

and renamed Folktale Winery & Vineyards

Charles Coury brought over the first vines from Alsace in the early 1960’s and in a nursery partnership with Dick Erath propagated this small-cluster

The final aim is always to obtain a wine that expresses its unique characteristics

It yields wines of striking mineral character paired with a broad spectrum of expressive spice and fruit aromas

leaving the mid and back-palates behind in their potency

Fifty years later it was acquired by the family de La Rivière and then through the marriage in 1582 of Marguerite de La Rivière with Jacques Le Blanc

and a core of crunchy red fruit