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Condition Cellared
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Category Private Cellar
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Lot ID 0012-10739521
Part of Sale The Festive Fine Wine Auction
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***** 5 STAR PROVENANCE

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The scale of Duval-Leroy’s modern winery in Vertus is a physical statement of the rapid pace of progress at this family-owned company. Celebrating its 150th birthday recently, it now ranks as the ninth largest in Champagne, thanks to the vision of its dynamic leader, Carol Duval, who has progressively expanded the estate since the death of her husband twenty years ago. Chardonnay takes the lead in these graceful and elegant wines, reflecting the bright fruit purity of the village of Vertus.

Approaching Duval-Leroy along its elegant driveway, the imposing building looks like it would be more at home in Silicon Valley than a small village in Champagne. The entire façade is covered in solar panels, 250 square metres in all, sufficient to provide for the electrical needs of the barrel room, tasting room and reception area. It’s a drop in the ocean of this mighty facility but it makes a bold and immediate statement that Duval-Leroy has sunk a serious investment into its modernisation and growth. And that’s just the beginning.

Step inside the largest facility in Vertus and you’re greeted by lines of gleaming new tanks, all temperature controlled to between 16 and 20oC to preserve delicacy during fermentation. Five gentle eight tonne pneumatic presses are cleverly positioned above thirty settling tanks, gently delivering the must by gravity. Dug deep underground, this facility operates on multiple levels. The production process was modernised in 2009 when the facility was extended to enable all production to be integrated under one roof to improve efficiency and quality. At the same time, a new barrel room was added for fermentation of grand cru parcels.

The house controls 200 hectares in the Côte des Blancs (including an impressive 150 hectares in Vertus and holdings in all the grand crus), Montagne de Reims and Côte de Sézanne, providing a generous one-third of all fruit required for an annual production of 5 to 5.5 million bottles. This is serviced by five press centres and some eighteen million bottles in storage 30km away in Châlons-en-Champagne.

Duval-Leroy manages a sustainability regime that’s more than just a solar panel façade. A ten page document on the company’s web site details all of its initiatives in the vineyards and winery. The use of weed killers has been reduced by more than half in the past decade and all estate vineyards are cultivated organically or biodynamically, an impressive credential for a house of this size. Duval-Leroy purchases fruit from a number of organically certified growers, which finds its way into two organic champagnes.

View Duval-Leroy website

Other Information

  • non-vintage
  • 1 x 750mL unit

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The Grays Advantage

We’ll despatch your product the next working day! Depending on your location, you can expect delivery anywhere between 2 and 5 working days from payment date.


We will send you an email notifying you as soon as your items have left our warehouse.


In this email, you will find the name of the carrier company and the consignment note number of your item as well as information on tracking the delivery of your item online. Simply follow the link to the relevant website and enter your reference number. You will then be able to quickly and efficiently track the delivery status of your item!


Please Note: Your goods will be delivered to your registered address. We do delivery Australia wide except for a few remote territories, please check the shipping calculator to confirm delivery availability and timeframes.


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Warranty Details

As this is a Private Cellar sale we are unable to guarantee the contents of the bottles. GraysOnline normal 30 Day Money Back Guarantee does NOT apply to wines in this sale. All wines are bought on an "as is" basis, and no returns or refunds will be accepted on the basis of quality.

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Cellar Condition

Provenance; “Place of origin; derivation”

  • The history of the ownership of an object, especially when documented or authenticated. Used for Artworks, Antiques, and Wine.
  • The records or documents authenticating such an object or the history of its ownership.

Whenever you buy wine there is an inherent risk, as wine is a perishable good regardless of whether it is sealed under cork or screwcap. At GraysOnline we minimise the risk to you by providing as much information as possible regarding the provenance of the wine we sell.

We take the time to individually inspect each bottle and photograph it so you know exactly what you are buying. All Private Cellar wine stored at GraysOnline is kept in a temperature controlled wine storage area. Any wine that doesn’t meet our quality standards will not be sold.

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Wines displaying a 5 star designation are recognised as being of proven quality provenance, our team has verified that the wine has been stored correctly from original purchase straight from the winery, documentation, where possible, has been sighted and cellaring conditions have been inspected. This wine generally comes from only the best and most respected of wine collectors in Australia.

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Wines displaying a 4 star designation have been cellared correctly as verified by the current owners. In general these wines have been purchased from retailers or traders and stored in cellared conditions from original purchase.

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Wines displaying a 3 star designation are in good condition when we inspect and we are able to confirm some cellaring conditions but we are unable to verify all ownership and storage conditions of their history.

A wine displaying no stars doesn’t mean that there is a problem with the wine, it simply means that we have been unable to verify provenance, however a quality image is always available for the purchaser to make their own purchasing decisions.

Private Cellar wine is wine which has been stored for aging purposes in a Private Cellar.

Storing the wine and allowing it to age has the potential to improve the quality of the wine. While wine is perishable and capable of deteriorating, storing the wine can alter the aroma, colour, mouthfeel and taste of the wine in a way that may be more pleasing to the taster.

Private Cellar

Duval Leroy Femme de Champagne Brut Grand Cru NV (1x 750mL), Champagne.

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