Champagne Duval-Leroy
Maison de Champagne Duval-Leroy, located in Vertus, is a family business founded in 1859. Today, it is presided over by Carol Duval-Leroy, who takes this venerable house ever further in its quest for quality and excellence.
The Duval-Leroy Champagne House has 200 hectares of vines, divided between Chardonnay, which dominates, Pinot Noir and Meunier. The grapes are harvested by hand and transported to the company's own presses, where those purchased from other growers also converge. The Duval-Leroy Champagne House also boasts modern winemaking facilities adapted to the specific characteristics of the cuvées it produces.
Finesse, lightness and elegance are the hallmarks of Duval-Leroy Champagnes, the result of the house's own jealously guarded know-how, which is overseen by the cellar master alone, to give the wines consistent quality and homogeneity year after year.
Champagne duval leroy is one of the few great houses to have retained its family character. After 160 years of existence, it is a woman, Carol Duval-Leroy, who today runs the House of Duval-Leroy with her three sons. With the help of another cellar master, Duval champagne has resolutely taken the path of innovation, moving towards Organic and sustainable viticulture.
Champagne Duval-Leroy's situation
Duval-Leroy is located in Vertus, a village at the extreme end of the Côte des Blancs. Most of the estate's 200 hectares are located in this area, in the Marne department, south-east of Epernay.
The estate's vineyards are mainly planted with white Chardonnay, the majority grape variety of the Côte des Blancs. It extends over twelve communes, just north of Mont Aimé. The main communes are : Cuis, Avize, Cramant, Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Vertus. Alongside Chardonnay Blanc, there are also Pinot Noir and Meunier vines of the same color, but in smaller quantities.
Enriching Duval-Leroy champagne
It's clear that the future of Champagne duval leroy lies in the way it will be managed by Carol Duval-Leroy's three sons. But where men invest, it's also important to make the most of the existing terroir. The soil they have inherited needs to be respected, so that it can produce the best of its natural qualities. Over a distance of 20 km, the Chardonnay grape gives the best of itself, bringing a particular mineral character and an original finesse to the champagnes and blanc de blancs. It's the chalky soil that imparts its virtues to the grapes growing on it. All the great houses are present on this exceptional terroir.
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Under Carol Duval Leroy's demanding and wise leadership, the House of Duval-Leroy can look to the future with confidence. To date, Carol Duval-Leroy is the only woman to have been appointed President of the Association Viticole Champenoise.
And this former house in Vertus is still racking up Firsts in various sectors.
- It is a pioneer in oeno-climatism.
- First sustainable viticulture house, with HVE certification.
- The first Champagne House to produce a certified Brut cuvée Organic,
(certified by Ecocert FR-Organic-01).
- The world's first winery to combine a voltaic power plant, a rainwater recovery system and thermal and acoustic insulation with a green wall.
- The world's first wine house to receive ISO 9002 quality certification.
- First company to hold triple IFS, BRC and ISO 22000 food safety certification.
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Champagne Duval-Leroy - Brut Réserve
4.5/5 (2 reviews)
91/100 Gault & Millau
With a rich blend of some fifteen crus and a generous addition of reserve wine, the Brut Réserve confirms a recognized constant with its complexity. Perfectly balanced, it develops citrus and white fruit aromas. Perfect as an aperitif!
Champagne Duval-Leroy - Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru
4.5/5 (2 reviews)
92/100 Gault & Millau
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92/100 Bettane & Desseauve
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91/100 RVF
"Quite readable as a blanc de blancs with the citrus and verticality of this chardonnay more iodized than mineral, airy character on the finish, long persistence, good body, tasty. A fine wine". (Bettane & Desseauve 2024).
Champagne Duval-Leroy - Femme de Champagne Grand Cru Brut 2000
5/5 (1 review)
93/100 Robert Parker
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17/20 Bettane & Desseauve
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17/20 Gault & Millau
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16,5/20 RVF
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1*Étoile Hachette
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92/100 Wine Spectator
"The 2000 Femme de Champagne is another noble prestige cuvée from Duval-Leroy and, frankly, it's even more beautiful, purer and more delicate than the 1996. Purity and perfect tension, elegance and finesse are as evident on the nose (apple, brioche, white chocolate, hazelnut, floral aromas) as on the palate, where this medium- to full-bodied wine leads to a firm, mineral and complex finish of great persistence." (Wine Advocate - Robert Parker)
Champagne Duval-Leroy - Authentis Bouzy Brut 2005
16/20 Gault & Millau
"Cuvée spéciale "amateur avertié", with its firmness and imposing richness. It's a real wine, with chewiness and a firm structure. The bubbles are present, bringing freshness to the very ripe fruit." (Les Meilleurs Vins de France - Gault Millau). Authentis Bouzy offers a bouquet with a powerful profile of balance and complexity, marked by the concentration of Pinot Noir vinified entirely in oak barrels, giving it strength and elegance. Aromas of brioche, cookie and candied fruit will delight wine lovers...
Champagne Duval-Leroy - Prestige Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru 2006
3/5 (1 review)
90/100 Robert Parker
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17/20 Bettane & Desseauve
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16,5/20 RVF
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16,5/20 Gault & Millau
"In a brilliant pale yellow color, Prestige Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2006 offers a seductive bouquet of chalky flavors with yeasty scents, and aromas of fruit, pear, apple and citrus. Full-bodied and elegant, this is a very intense, lively Blanc de Blancs, with finesse and character, which seems to be less ripe and rich than so many other 2006s." (Wine Advocate - Robert Parker)
Champagne Duval-Leroy - Rosé Prestige 1er Cru
5/5 (1 review)
15/20 RVF
"Rosé culture is developing from the top with a convincing premier cru for the intensity of its crisp strawberry notes." (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2015 - RVF). A Champagne rosé of solid maturity and balance with deep vinosity, releasing a wide aromatic range of wild cherry, fig and even a hint of ginger and geranium...
Champagne Duval-Leroy - Fleur de Champagne Brut 1er Cru
4/5 (1 review)
14,5/20 RVF
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1*Étoile Hachette
"We always salute the freshness, the tonic and acidic grain of the brut Fleur de Champagne, the group's most widely distributed cuvée, young, well-fruited, whose light bubbles characterize the Duval spirit." (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2015 - RVF). "A very fine star shines on this champagne, delicately floral and mineral on the nose, revealing citrus, white fruit and honeysuckle aromas on the palate within a very well-balanced body. A harmonious aperitif champagne". (Le Guide Hachette des Vins 2014)