Laherte Freres Les Vignes d'Autrefois Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut 2021

Laherte Freres Les Vignes d'Autrefois Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut 2021

I like the focused drive of the finish

A positively kaleidoscopic nose features restrained Vosne-style spice and a beautiful range of floral elements on the black fruit

It's relatively rare that Ponsot's Chapelle surpasses his Griotte but in 2012 it appears to have just a bit more depth of material

well-focused

powerful and firmly muscular large-scaled flavors possess superb mid-palate concentration where the abundant dry extract also buffers the presently unyielding tannic backbone on the massively long finish

but the volatile acidity may put off purists

with an opaque bluish/purple color to the rim

sandalwood

I very much like the mouth feel of the intensely mineral-inflected and still muscular medium-bodied flavors that are at once rich

with a hint of bitter chocolate and harmonious

This velvety but relatively powerful wine exhibits good delineation for the vintage as well as moderate austerity which is also relatively rare in this opulent year

Otherwise the succulent and opulent massively-scaled flavors possess seemingly endless reserves of dry extract that make the mid-palate and finish of this very firmly structured and almost painfully intense effort appear almost pliant