Champagne Valentin Leflaive, Rosé, Brut

Champagne Valentin Leflaive, Rosé, Brut

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Valentin Leflaive is a prestigious joint venture between Erick de Sousa and Olivier Leflaive, the former one of the most respected organic growers in the Grand Cru Champagne village of Avize, the latter a respected member of a very famous Puligny-Montrachet family and joint -founder of the Maison Olivier Leflaive. United by a love of Panama hats, and more importantly, the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grape varieties, the collaboration of these esteemed gentlemen is one of the most exciting developments in Champagne for many a year….

An intriguing Blanc de Noirs, the Rosé was aged for seven months before its second fermentation, with 30% Burgundy barrel-matured Reserve Wine adding depth and elegance, the barrels courtesy of M Leflaive naturally enough Thereafter 24 months on lees and a modest 7 grams of dosage ensure integration and a textural integrity…...the personality of the wine however, is unabashed in its exuberance, red fruit charm evidenced by notes of strawberry, raspberry and even a hint of cassis. Spice and ginger complete the picture and the overall impression, unsurprisingly, has a Burgundian feel which is hard to resist…
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer



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Champagne Valentin Leflaive

Champagne Valentin Leflaive

Located in Oger, one of the Cote des Blancs’ most prestigious appellations, Valentin Leflaive brings together the very best of Champagne and Burgundy. The Leflaive family have worked the soils of Puligny Montrachet since 1580, only expanding to Champagne in 2015. Here, owner Olivier Leflaive brings decades of Burgundian know-how and a passionate, exacting approach to his winemaking.

Through careful plot selection and a single varietal approach, Olivier and his team have created some wonderful interpretations of Champagne, rich in expressions of their terroir. Old Puligny Montrachet and Le Montrachet barrels are used to age the Valentin Leflaive Champagnes and add layers of complexity.

In a nod to the importance of terroir and the individual handling of each wine, every bottle is marked with a unique code. Specific terroirs, dosage and base wine are all clearly marked on every label, demonstrating the uniqueness of each cuvée’s characteristics.

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Rosé Champagne

Rosé Champagne

Rosé wines are produced by leaving the juice of red grapes to macerate on their skins for a brief time to extract pigments (natural colourings). However, Rosé Champagne is notable in that it is produced by the addition of a small percentage of red wine – usually Pinot Noir from the village of Bouzy – during blending.

Recommended Producers : Billecart Salmon (Elizabeth Salmon Rose), Ruinart

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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.

Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.

The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.

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