Zero Brut Nature is the entrance ticket to the magical world of Tarlant.

Bottle with a large circulation by the standards of this winery, covering about 70% of the total production (equal to 100.000 bottles), already tells a lot about the Tarlant philosophy and reveals the impressive skills of Mélanie and Benoît in the complex art of assembly, in absence of dosage.

The grapes used for the Zero Brut Nature come from 45 plots scattered within the property’s 14 hectares. With an average age of 45 years, the vines of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and the balance made of Petit Meslier, Arbanne and Pinot Blanc are conducted in an organic regime where nature is the absolute protagonist, with the man dedicated to indulge its wishes by limiting his role as much as possible.

In the cellar the winery proceeds to a separate vinification for single plots, with a first fermentation in steel followed by an aging of the base wines in barrique for about 6 months. The wines do not undergo malolactic fermentation nor clarifications or filtrations. The result of the assembly is then decanted into the bottle for the second fermentation and for a rest on the lees for at least 6 years before the manual disgorgement and release to the public.

The tasting of Zero Brut Nature reveals a very fine and persistent bubble combined with a straw yellow color. The citrus notes of cedar and grapefruit emerge on the nose, alternating with a floral cut followed by hints of dried and toasted fruit and notes of cedar honey. In the mouth the acidity and a first-rate saline profile clearly emerge, filling the mouth first and then leaving it perfectly clean and ready for a new sip.

Zero Brut Nature is in the wine of initiation, the presentation of Tarlant’s unique style to begin to understand how Champagne is interpreted in Oeuilly, with the certainty of having to deepen the subject as soon as possible, perhaps through others great wines of this much admired and sought after artisan maison.