Duval-Leroy, Femme de Champagne 1996 Grand Cru

This champagne is the witness of a great year: 1996. An exceptional vintage for the balance of wines. This great champagne is the result of work on the valuation of the best parcels of home supply in grand cru initiated in the early 1990s.

79% Chardonnay and 21% Pinot Noir. 7% of this blend was vinified in oak barrels for structure and silky.

Deep yellow in color the 1996 Femme de Champagne offers a complex, superbly clear, multilayered and fresh bouquet of cooked and roasted apples, citrus flavors, brioche, apricots, a touch of caramel and a hint of farmyard smell. Medium-bodied but full-flavored, clear and complex on the palate this is a stimulatingly and persistently pure, fresh and minerally flavored Champagne with citrus flavors in the aftertaste. Impressively vital and young this delicate but expressive Champagne is lovely to drink today but can be stored for another decade.