Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia weightless elegance and an elusiveness

weightless elegance and an elusiveness that is only matched by the greatest Burgundies

Distinctly sour and demanding

Lean and vigorous

the 2019 Blanc was harvested from the 30th of August to the 13th of September

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia weightless elegance and an elusivenessI'm increasingly convinced that Pierre Larmandier produced Champagne's wines of the vintage this year, and the 2011 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Vieille Vigne du Levant only compounds that suspicion. Unfurling in the glass with a deep and complex nose of citrus zest, crisp yellow apples, smoke, warm bread, mandarin oil and oyster shell, it's full bodied and fleshy but incisive, with huge concentration, bright acids and a long, intensely saline