Curtis picks his Cramant top 10

1 Diebolt-Vallois, Fleur de Passion Brut 2010 96

£75 (ib)-£93.43 Cru World Wine, Crump Richmond Shaw, Fine & Rare, Seckford Wines

emon peel and wet chalk notes grow to include ripe apricot, flowers, marzipan and spice. Although the wine never loses its elegance, it shows impressive intensity and concentration and has the substance to linger almost indefinitely. It is from the oldest vines of the domaine, particularly the lieu-dit Les Buzons, fermented in cask without malolactic fermentation, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. One of the greats,