Edouard Duval Noir d'Eulalie Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Champagne 750ml

Noir d'Eulalie is a grower Champagne: Edouard Duval farms the wine himself at Domaine Sainte Eulalie, 28 hectares of vines around a priory founded by Cluny monks in 1095. The Duval family bought the estate in the 1950s, and Edouard took over in 2000.

The estate is in the Côte des Bar in the Aube, the southern end of Champagne, where Pinot Noir dominates. This cuvée is all Pinot Noir, a blanc de noirs, from three hilltop plots, partly matured in 600-liter oak casks. It is finished Extra Brut, with very little added sugar, and the estate works with sustainable certification and long ageing.

A French retailer notes cherry, blackberry and grapefruit over smoky chalk, with a creamy mousse and a saline finish.

Next to a big-house Brut like Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, this is drier and more vinous; for a Pinot Noir lover, pick the Duval.

Serve it a little warmer than usual, around 10°C, with roast chicken, mushrooms or herby salads.

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