Duval-Leroy Extra-Brut Prestige Premier Cru

A lovely nose suggests wheatmeal and lemon in a creamy embrace. The palate then sets a bright, ripe lemon top-note and backs this with a lovely, creamy, yeasty, enticingly tart heart of ripe Amalfi lemon zest. The closer you get to the long finish, the creamier this becomes. Altogether rather enticing.

The NV Extra-Brut Prestige Premier Cru opens with a clear, bright, fresh, complex and slightly smoky bouquet driven by chalky and lemon-flavored Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs (70%). These scents are intermixed with the intensity and juicy fruit of 30% Pinot Noir sourced in Vertus, Vallée de la Marne and Montagne de Reims. The wine tasted here is L7173NG31, which is based on the 2014 vintage (55%) plus 45% reserve wines from the vintages 2010 to 2013 (of of which 2% was aged in oak barrels). It is a medium-bodied and fresh but also intense, concentrated, pretty complex and persistent Premier Cru with a good structure and lingering fruit and grip. Disgorged in June 2017 with a dosage of five grams per liter.

Nous aimons le côté épuré et net de cette cuvée bien gérée. La bouche est en place, avec un côté sapide en finale et une jolie allonge. Une belle affaire.