Valentin Leflaive Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Carmenere Cointreau blends sweet and bitter

Cointreau blends sweet and bitter orange peels macerated and distilled in copper column stills — then combined with pure water and a controlled measure of sugar

but his heritage as well

The spirit is then blended with spring water from the Grábrók lava field: low enough in minerals that it needs no treatment before bottling

ripe stone fruit

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Valentin Leflaive Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Carmenere Cointreau blends sweet and bitterFRANCE : CHAMPAGNE : COTE DES BLANCS SUSTAINABLE : Chardonnay MEDIUM FULL BODIED, LEMON CURD, GRILLED PEAR, BRIOCHE, TOASTED ALMOND, NEUTRAL OAK A joint venture between Erick de Sousa of the Cte des Blancs and Olivier Leflaive of Puligny Montrachet two of France's most serious Chardonnay specialists sourcing 100% from Grauves premier cru, where 45 year old vines grow in chalk soils at 170 meters. Vinified 70% in stainless steel and 30% in neutral oak,