Champagne Dehours et Fils

Les Vignes de la Vallee, Brut, NV

Name: Les Vignes de la Vallee, Brut
Brand: Champagne Dehours et Fils
Price: 303.13 GBP

92+/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

92/100

Vinous

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NV
1.5L
DP
£101.04
NV
3x1.5L
DP
£303.13
NV
1x3L
DP
£242.48

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GUARANTEED PROVENANCE

Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

92/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

The NV Brut Vignes de la Vallée is deep, resonant and super-expressive. Reserve wines in this blend (30%) add notable complexity as well as depth. Lemon confit, hazelnut, dried flowers, earthiness, mint and tangerine oil all grace this wonderfully fleshy, resonant Meunier-based NV offering from Dehours. Dosage is 2.3 grams per liter. Disgorged: October, 2020.

drinking window 2022 - 2028

date of review 12/2022

92+/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Based on the 2014 vintage and disgorged in October 2020 with only 2.3 grams per liter dosage, Dehours's NV Brut Les Vignes de la Vallee is showing beautifully, wafting from the glass with aromas of crisp yellow orchard fruit, mandarin orange, nectarine, acacia honey and subtle hints of wheat toast and iodine. Medium to full-bodied, seamless and incisive, it's bright and pillowy, its elegantly fleshy core of fruit underpinned by a tangy spine of acidity and complemented by a pretty pinpoint mousse. This is a terrific bottling that's well worth seeking out.

drinking window 2021 - 2030

date of review 01/2022

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Champagne

Appellation:

Champagne

Producer:

Champagne Dehours et Fils

style:

White Wine

Grape Variety:

Chardonnay/Pinot Noir

abv:

12.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.