Grape - Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay
Alcohol - 12% abv
Available from - Waitrose; Ocado; thechampagnecompany.com
Price - £29.99 (although £19.99 as I type)
Appearance - Clear; medium- intensity; lemon-gold
Nose - Clean; medium intensity; developing; apples, biscuits, lemons
Palate - Dry; high acid; medium alcohol; medium+ length; medium intensity; medium mousse; medium body. Apples, lemon-lime, autolytic flavour (see previous post on Autolysis).
Balance - 8 Length - 7.5 Intensity - 6 Complexity - 7
A tasty Champagne featuring a blend of the three Champagne grapes. Zingy and featuring very pleasant autolytic biscuity flavours, with a touch more mouth-filling body than I expected. An absolute steal at the moment. Duval-Leroy is one of the few remaining independent, family-owned Champagne houses, which counts for something in my book. I served this lightly chilled so that the full flavour could be experienced.
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