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Fleur de Passion is only made in the best vintages. The old Chardonnay vines for this Champagne are grown in the surroundings of the Cramant Grand Cru village (picked from 7 to 8 different plots) on east and south-east facing slopes, which provide maximum sunlight for the grapes. The vines range in age from 40 to 60 years old. The base wine is fermented and aged in burgundy oak barrels and is not filtered.
Serve at 8-10 °C with with oysters, seafood, fried halibut, seasoned béchamel sauce, fried salmon.
Bright, with citrusy acidity, this harmonious Champagne offers a creamy mousse and a minerally underpinning layered with flavors of apricot, honeysuckle, salted almond and biscuit. A crowd-pleaser. Drink now through 2020. 125 cases imported.
The NV Brut Tradition is a deep, powerful wine bursting at the seams with fruit. Melon, white flowers and minerals are some of the notes that take shape in the glass. This is a deceptively mid-weight wine, yet there is plenty of power to back the fruit. The Brut Tradition is another strong effort from Diebolt Vallois.
The Diebolt family has lived in Cramant village since the end of the 19th century, and the Vallois family has been cultivating vines in Cuis since the 15th Century. Until 1992, the almost unknown producer suddenly came to the forefront of wine lovers when Gault Millau, one of France’s most influential restaurants and wine guides, named Diebolt – Vallois Champagne of the Year. Most of the 11-hectare vineyards in the family have Grand Cru and Premier Cru statuses, whose chalky soil makes the perfect home for chardonnay vines. Today, Jacques Diebolt and Nadia Vallois are helped by their children, Isabelle and Arnauld, who are taking an ever increasingly active part in the running of the estate.
