Champagne Francis Boulard et Fille Champagne "Les Rachais" Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature 2014

As for all Boulard wines, the grapes are picked late with high ripeness in order to achieve balance without or with minimal dosage. The bunches are gently pressed with a minimal amount of sulfur, and only the first-press juice is used. It is fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in and continues aging in used Burgundy barrels. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation and a monthly batônnage in accordance with the lunar calendar. The wine is bottled in June without fining, filtering or additional sulfur and with must from the newest vintage (rather than with a traditional liqueur di tirage).

The bottles are aged for years sur lattes; they are riddled and disgorged by hand, in 2021 in the case of the 2014 vintage.  Les Rachais is always a zero-dosage, single-vintage wine.