2017 Benoit Lahaye, Brut Nature 'Violaine', Champagne, France Japan Ilegal Special Edition Mezcal Anejo

Ilegal Special Edition Mezcal Anejo Oaxaca

In collaboration with Matchbook Distilling Co

microscopic yields forced a single cuvée in that vintage

- Roasted in earthen conical oven for 4-8 days

using a Cazanave-Marcón pruning style

2017 Benoit Lahaye, Brut Nature 'Violaine', Champagne, France Japan Ilegal Special Edition Mezcal Anejo50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay, from the vineyards Les Argentires and Les Monts de Tours, both in Bouzy with dry brown chalky soils. Vinification is in used barrels using indigenous yeasts, afterward one or two lees stirrings and with complete malolactic fermentation. There is no racking or filtration during the elevage, and no dosage or sulfur at any part of its production. Only 1,800 bottles produced.