Corney & Barrow 

The Keeper: Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
"Delamotte was our wedding wine, so I have a soft spot for this quality-minded champagne house. Good, balances, blanc de blancs champagne, a white wine made only from white grapes, in this case chardonnay, is hard to find. Delamotte's sings with delicious fragrant, leafy, lemony fruit that makes a great summer aperitif now, but given a few years will fatten up and develop all sorts of rich, nutty, lemony biscuit flavour."

Jane MacQuitty, Saturday Times (June 2010)

"We've had some good news to celebrate this week, what with the new (and littlest) addition to the Winchester Wine School fraternity.We wanted to wet the baby's head with something suitably fizzy and delicious � and we turned to a bottle of Champagne Delamotte Blanc de Blancs NV.
This particular bottle had been sent in celebration of Delamotte's 250th anniversary (making it the sixth oldest champagne house, apparently) by the kind people at Corney & Barrow, who sell it at �32.99 per bottle. Chardonnay is a focus at this sister house to Salon, and it shows.
We may have been on something of a high anyway, but this soft, appley, yeasty fizz was delicious, with lovely focused mineral flavours. It's well rounded and user-friendly but with an elegant, deft touch that's very inviting and moreish. Not the most complex or ambitious fizz but a lovely one nonetheless. We rated it at 7-7.5/10. As for the baby, he certainly didn't complain when we dabbed some on his forehead. If ever there was a sign of approval� Enjoy it as a delightful aperitif, to celebrate special occasions or as a foil for seafood nibbles like king prawn, creme fraiche and sweet chilli blinis."

Susie Barrie MW and Peter Richards (July 2010)