Laherte Freres Les 7 Extra Brut, Champagne, France NV

Les 7 Extra Brut NV is one of Champagne’s most singular and coveted grower cuvées, crafted from all seven permitted Champagne grape varieties. A remarkably rare blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Petit Meslier, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, and Arbanne. Built around a perpetual reserve dating back to 2005, Les 7 is layered, refined, and deeply complex, offering lemon confit, orchard fruit, white flowers, spice, chalk, and savory mineral notes. Rare, distinctive, and deeply vinous, Les 7 is the kind of Champagne that rewards adventurous drinkers and instantly elevates a serious cellar or dinner table.

"The NV Champagne Les 7 Extra Brut takes things to a whole other place and is highly compelling. The nose is lightly toasty and shows off layered complexity and length, with its initial notes of wild herbs and fennel followed by more mature notes of brine, toast, sand, and organic forest coming through as it opens. It has a fine and refined mousse with a balanced freshness. Drink 2026-2045. This was made with perpetual reserve from 2005 through 2021 (they always refresh the solera with 50% of the current vintage) with all seven varieties. Disgorged in October 2024." Jeb Dunnuck 95