World Class Champagne - Diebolt Vallois
Seckford have long bought and adored the Champagne’s of Jacques Diebolt.
They are some of the finest value wines in Champagne and remain a real insider’s tip! All the wines are Blanc de Blancs with the exception of the Brut Tradition blend (40% Chardonnay & 60% Pinot Noir/Pinot Meunier)
Perfect summer drinking Champagne, Richard Juhlin the celebrated Champagne critic hails Diebolt Vallois as world class and we couldn’t agree more!
2010 Millesime
£148 per six bottles IB
All-Chardonnay from the villages of Chouilly and Cuis in the Côte des Blancs, Steve describes 2010 as "An "ordinary" vintage, but the Chardonnays are surprisingly good," and indeed I thought this wine was excellent. Nice fine bead and pale in colour, the nose has that authentic Champagne autolytic character, yeasty and very slightly cheesy, but bursting with ripe fruit on the palate, before a crunching lemony acidity sweeps through. Quite a chewy mid-palate feel to this, a pretty substantial style, that I really enjoyed on its own, and with a creamy fish pie.
Tom Canavan - 2019
Blanc de Blancs
£118 per six bottles IB
Pungent yet refined nose combines spring flowers, caraway seed, minerals, citrus skin and apple. Brisk and pure but creamy, with incisive apple and citrus flavors and great finesse. Very light on its feet and perfumed in the mouth. Finishes floral, gripping and very long.
Stephen Tanzer International Wine Cellar: 91 pts
Brut Tradition
£99 per six bottles IB
Like an orchard in late spring, this blends floral and fruit notes of ripe apple, white cherry and apricot. There's a firm backbone of zesty acidity and underlying minerality, with a lingering hint of ginger on the finish.
Wine Spectator : 92 pts
Prestige
£135 per six bottles IB
Knockout nose combines spiced apple, minerals, licorice and chalk. Urgent and penetrating on the palate, with crystalline citrus and mineral flavors further intensified by razor-sharp lemony acidity. A very young blanc de blancs with exceptionnal inner-mouth energy. Powerfully lemony, very long finish shows superb perfume and cut.
Stephen Tanzer International Wine Cellar: 93+ pts
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