In Champagne, you often classify producers as either “houses”, or “independent growers”. The houses are big and often rather anonymous companies owning little or no vineyards, buying grapes from small growers. The “independent producers” are smaller family-owned wineries that own their own vineyards and make wine from grapes they have grown.
Champagne Duval-Leroy is somewhere in between. They are considered as a “house” since they don’t own all the vineyards they make wine from but they are family owned.
A little while back, they launched their latest edition of their exclusive rosé champagne, Femme De Champagne Rosé De Saignée 2008. We have tasted it, as well as a few others of their top champagnes, and talked to the owner Carol Duval-Leroy.
Read more in Britt’s article on BKWine Magazine, originally published on Forbes: Femme De Champagne Rosé De Saignée 2008 and four other outstanding wines from Champagne Duval-Leroy.
Travel: Come on a wine tour to Champagne with BKWine. (PS: We’ve written a prize-winning book on Champagne.)
