Champagne Valentin Leflaive - CV 19 3.0 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs

Champagne Valentin Leflaive - CV 19 3.0 Extra Brut Blanc de BlancsIf Leflaive sounds familiar, you're certainly correct, as the family has been growing and making wine in nearby Puligny Montrachet since 1580. Olivier Leflaive began this new project in Champagne, named for his young son Valentin, in 2015. The CV refers to the GC of Cramant (21%) and the 1er Cru of Vertus (52%), from base year 2018 (the label's 18) and 56%(!) reserve wines. The 40ish year old vines were fermented in stainless, and my bottle was

This wine was tasted by the main critics of the time

this is the perfect summer beverage

crushed wild flowers

sweet and refreshing with a hint of bitterness

making it a refreshing aperitif

800 hectares

Their vision and passion is to become one of the world’s truly great Super-Premium winemakers

Bernard Baudry is a family affair: Bernard Baudry

What’s lost in terms of the tool box has to be replaced by attention to detail and patience

and contract the production of 300 additional hectares under the supervision of Bodegas Muñoz

the drying and raisining of the fruit

Swerwer wines are made to best express where they come from