Description
// 100% Chardonnay from six Grand Cru villages in the Côtes des Blancs
Aged on lees for over ten years before disgorgement
3g/L dosage
"This 2008 vintage showcases Chardonnays from the finest Grand Cru-certified plots in 6 Villages of the Côte des Blancs. This cuvée encapsulates the Duval-Leroy style at its finest, honed by exquisite freshness. The nose reveals complex aromas of white flowers, mandarin, and warm almonds. On the palate, this fine wine is silky, with a smoothness and suppleness that give it great balance and richness." - House Notes
"The 2008 Brut Blanc de Blancs, picked in the Côte des Blancs, underwent full malolactic fermentation and spent over ten years on lees. Lemon and wet chalk are distinct yet subtle on the nose, with their salty, bright, precise trail continuing onto the palate, where deeper saltiness reigns. This wine manages to be rich, smooth and sinuously slender and linear at the same time, with deep, delicious, umami-resonant savoriness. It is a wonderful wine of great elegance, with superb freshness and youthfulness. Lovely now, with nuance and even an overtone of licorice, but certain to evolve." - 95 Points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous
"Full, bright yellow colour; very rich and complex bouquet full of buttered toast aromas with lemon/citrus and background verbena/herbal nuances that remind us this is pure chardonnay. Finish is crisp, dry and appetising. Excellent mature blanc de blancs." - 94 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
