Champagne Louis Barthelemy

I found their champagnes on the special offers list of a certain importer last Xmas, so I bought a few to try out. I tasted their Brut Saphir 2005 over the last weekend. The champagne house was founded by Princess Baudry (of Russia) in 1923 as Baudry Lebrun & Cie. The house was acquired in 2002 by Jean-Barthelemy Chancel in 2002 and the winery was moved (from Epernay) to Ay in 2011. The house specialises in wines with long lees aging and small dosage, though their range actually covers the whole range of sugar dosages from demi-sec to brut zero. Only one vintage wine is produced - the Brut Saphir, the 2005 vintage of which I had recently tried.