Laurent Benard, Champagne Extra Brut 'La Cle des Sept Arpents' R21, NV CHAMPAGNECOUNT The nose is all wild

The nose is all wild strawberry

enhances the site’s signature floral aromatics and refined tannins

Beychevelle 2022 is a wine of grace and gravity—built to impress now and reward for decades

but one of our favorites for elegant

revealing even more layers of complexity with time

Laurent Benard, Champagne Extra Brut 'La Cle des Sept Arpents' R21, NV CHAMPAGNECOUNT The nose is all wildA grower Champagne blending Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier (roughly 45 35 20), Pinot Noir led rather than Meunier focused. Laurent Benard is a grower in Mareuil sur Ay, in the Vallee de la Marne, farming just under three hectares organically and biodynamically. This cuvee is blended from several parcels including the lieu dit Les Sept Arpents, planted to Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier on clay limestone, and the wine keeps its detail through