Citrus, brioche, dried fruit, honey. Great concentration and purity of fruit. 35% 2016, 65% 2010 to 2015. 95% inox, 5% barrel fermentation. 7g/l dosage. Bottled April 2017.Hautvillers may be famous for it's Abbey and a certain wine loving monk, but it is also an especially diverse corner of Champagne to the north of Epernay where the Montagne de Reims ends and the Vallée de la Marne begins, offering a complex mix of clay-limestone and chalk soils with a variety of expositions. Growers here often have a range of different terroirs and varieties to work with, giving them a broad palate of wines to make and blend. Laure and Clement represent the fourth generation to produce wine at Champagne Louis Nicaise which was founded just after World War One. Since their return in 2007 there has been a marked improvement in the quality of the wines, particularly since 2014 when Laure and Clement took over fully from Laure's parents. Farming has switched away from herbicides and pesticides, becoming more manual and engaged, improving the quality of harvest and therefore the concentration of the wines, consequently allowing them to lower dosage levels and let the fruit speak more clearly.