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Wine Description
The Story
Blend: 87% Chardonnay & 13% Pinot Noir
The company’s flagship wine is Femme de Champagne, first produced in the 1990 vintage. It is a very fine and feminine champagne that gives a great promise of the company’s future quality potential. Carol Duval-Leroy has a passion for gastronomy and this is reflected in her winemaking too. The medium-dry Lady Rosé, for instance, is made to complement desserts and she has even written a 200-recipe cookery book to match her champagnes.
Delivering an unforgettable tasting experience, this cuvee is a reflection of the close cooperation between Carol Duval-Leroy, President of the House, and Sandrine Logette-Jardin, her Head Winemaker. Both are women of a passionate and generous but demanding character, and their personalities are fully expressed in the preparation of this exceptional wine.
Through its fine and delicate structure, Femme de Champagne Vintage 2004 presents a wine of exceptional finesse and aromatic complexity. At once smooth, rounded and silky, and in appearance like mother-of-pearl, Femme de Champagne 2004 reflects the elegance and the refinement sought by Maison Duval-Leroy for an unforgettable tasting experience.
Femme de Champagne is the result of a delicate marriage of the best parcels of grapes from the region. Fine bubbles gush through the wine, bright with hints of the yellows and greens of springtime, and lit up with the sparkle of silvery moonbeams.
On the palate, a bewitching flavour of ripe hazelnuts surrounds the floral fragrance of honeysuckle, followed quickly by the delicate notes of crystalized mandarin orange peel.
Vintage 1995
A welcome relief after some difficult years in the region. Quantity-wise, it was the seventh high-cropping year in a row. But, in 1995, the quality also excelled, and particularly so for Chardonnay. There were significant frost damages during the spring and the warm but wet weather in the summer ignited mildew and rot problems. The vines cropped heavily and rigorous vineyard work and selection during harvest led to best results. Harvest commenced on September 18th and yielded grapes of a fine balance of sugar and acidity. The vintage has turned out to be much better than first expected and it has emerged from the shadow of the much-hyped 1996. This vintage is marked by elegance of its inviting fruitiness, beautiful balance and slow-building finesse. Its greatest examples include Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires, Dom Pérignon (whole range), Louis Roederer Cristal and Cristal Rosé, Bollinger R.D, Krug Vintage and Taittinger Comtes de Champagne.