Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia A gorgeous red

A gorgeous red

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

smoked earth and spice

freshly crushed blackcurrants and smoked meats with hints of dried bay leaves

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia A gorgeous redI'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