{"product_id":"2002-femme-de-champagne-grand-cru-brut-nature-champagne-duval-leroy","title":"Femme de Champagne, Grand Cru Brut Nature, Champagne Duval-Leroy 2002","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrioche, hazelnut and tobacco from two decades on the lees, layered over minerality and a deep core of fruit. Silky and concentrated on the palate with great length, and bone dry — no dosage at all, and 0.9 g\/l of residual sugar. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuval-Leroy was founded in 1859 when the Duval and Leroy families joined forces, and it remains one of the last independent, family-owned houses in Champagne, now in its sixth generation. Carol Duval-Leroy led it for more than thirty years from 1991 and was the first and only woman to be appointed president of the Association Viticole Champenoise; her sons Julien, Charles and Louis have since taken it on. The house is based at Vertus in the Côte des Blancs, HVE3 certified across a 200-hectare estate of which 40% is Premier and Grand Cru. This cuvée is made only in exceptional years, from the Chardonnay Grand Crus of Oger, Cramant and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and the Pinot Noir Grand Cru of Ambonnay. The hand-harvested fruit was fermented with selected yeasts at 18°C in stainless steel and went through malolactic conversion; the still wine saw no lees contact, but 20% was matured in used Château d'Yquem barrels for texture before the blend spent twenty years on the fine lees in bottle. 2002 was a dry year of exceptional maturity, with northerly and easterly winds keeping the vineyards healthy and early-summer water stress concentrating the juice, picked mid-September with high sugars and good acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 11–12°C, in a white wine glass rather than a flute. It will carry turbot in butter sauce, roast guinea fowl, truffled risotto or a mature Comté. Drinking beautifully now and will hold for many years yet; no decanting needed. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Duval-Leroy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476288049535,"sku":"HNW-6140202D","price":352.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/6140202D.jpg?v=1789920832","url":"https:\/\/www.edkawines.com\/products\/2002-femme-de-champagne-grand-cru-brut-nature-champagne-duval-leroy","provider":"Edka Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}