The 2004 Brut Nature La Vigne d'Antan emerges from a parcel of own-rooted Chardonnay planted on sand. A wine that has benefitted from time in bottle, the 2004 is positively stunning today. Lime, grape fruit white flowers crushed rocks and white pepper are delineated with striking precision. The 2004 has always been terrific, but today it sizzles with a level of energy I don’t recall seeing in the past. La Vigne d'Antan remains one of the most unique and compelling wines in Champagne.
"I was deeply impressed with Benoit Tarlant’s current releases. These artisan, vinous, site-driven Champagnes represent the finest of the grower spirit, and yet remains relatively unknown. Quality here is very high."
95+ points by Antonio Gallioni : Tasting Date March 2018
Pierre Tarlant於Marne Valley種植葡萄樹，而Tarlant家族就於1687年開始釀酒。1928年，Louis Adrien Tarlant生產了第一支家族香檳，其後他們便於OEuilly村出產香檳，延綿四代。時至今日，於1999年傳至Benoît Tarlant手中並開始產酒。
The Tarlant family traces their winegrowing history back to 1687, when Pierre Tarlant first cultivated grapevines in the Marne Valley. In 1928, Louis Adrien Tarlant produced the family’s first estate-bottled champagne, and since then there have been four successive generations of Tarlants producing wine at their estate in the village of OEuilly. Today the estate is in the hands of Benoît Tarlant, who has been making wine here since 1999.
自4千5百萬年前開始，此酒所享有的風土是目前僅有的，Chardonnay葡萄可以不用接枝就能生長的土地。La Vigne d’Antan的意思是“古代的葡萄樹”的意思。Tarlant農家認為它能充分反映了Chardonnay葡萄的真正特性，以及自19世紀以來，在別處難以找到的香氣。這支特別的香檳為你帶來超越一切時間跨度的純淨，就純粹讓飲家的感官判斷無接枝Chardonnay的魅力。
Dating from the Lutetian era 45 million years ago, this terroir is the only remaining place where the Chardonnay can be grown ungrafted on its own roots. La Vigne d'Antan (The Vines of Yesteryear), Grower Tarlant believes reveals the true nature of the chardonnay grape, with aromas unknown elsewhere since the 19th century. This exclusive Champagne invites you to a timeless tasting of a wine of rare purity.
產地Country of Origin:
法國France
地區Lieux-Dits:
"Les Sables" in Oeuilly (Marne valley)
種類Type:
香檳Champagne
Dosage:
0g/L - Brut Nature
葡萄品種Grapes:
100% Chardonnay – 無接枝Ungrafted
風土Terroir:
盧台特期矽砂。
Silica-sand from the Lutetian
釀造Vinification:
首次發酵於木桶內進行，無乳酸發酵，全自然發酵。
Slow press by gravity, spontaneous (no yeast added) first fermentation and 7 months on the lees in Burgundian oak-barrel. Parcel by parcel. No malolactic fermentation. Without fining.
產量Production:
1,300 枝/bottles
收成時間Harvest:
2004年10月
October 2004
裝瓶時間Bottling:
2005年5月
May 2005
除渣時間Disgorging:
2020年2月 (為期14年9個月的瓶內二次發酵時間)
February 2020 (14 years and 9 months ageing in Bottle)
品酒筆記Tasting Notes:
令人印象深刻的新鮮和複雜。此款 2004 La Vigne d'Antan Blanc de Blancs 呈稻草黃色，以深沉、純淨、濃郁和礦物的香氣作開啟，如海浪拍打著岸邊的岩礁，帶有煙燻橡木的味道，為完美熟成的熱帶水果賦予了額外的層次。口感濃郁而直爽，純淨、清新、乾爽，細膩且結構良好，複雜的礦物感。基於其無添加糖，此款 2004年的圓潤度足以在瓶中再陳年十載。是一款偉大而充滿活力的香檳！
Impressively fresh and complex. This 2004 La Vigne d'Antan Blanc de Blancs has a straw-yellow color and opens with a deep, pure, intense and mineral bouquet with flavors of chalk, iodine, smoke and oak, giving the perfectly ripe, rather tropical fruit an extra dimension. It is intense yet straight, pure, fresh and bone dry on the palate, with great finesse and a very good structure and mineral complexity. Provided with zero added sugar, this 2004 has enough roundness for another decade in the bottle. A great and vitalizing Champagne! (Interim End of November 2017, The Wine Advocate)
