Region: France

Grape variety: Pinot Noir (75%) & Chardonnay (25%)

Background: Duval-Leroy was founded in 1859 in Vertus in the Cote des Blancs, Champagne, and remains there to this day under the same ownership, having been handed from father to son since. It is the last Champagne house of this size to remain totally independent and the latest owner Madame Carol Duval-Leroy, who personally overseas the wine-making process, intends for it to remain so.

Tasting notes: A big, full-bodied bubbly, featuring graphite, toast, lemon and nut aromas and flavours. Balanced with an assertive finish.

Awards

Wine Spectator (Bruce Sanderson) - 93 points

Decanter World Wine Awards 2011 - Silver Medal

The ONLY Champagne selected by Wine Spectator in its Top 100!

Tom Stevenson, writing in Decanter magazine: Over the last 10 years, the quality of Duval-Leroy has soared and for a few years now it has been possible to claim that no other house can beat it for consistency of style - not even the greatest of the great

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