Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia Slightly more evident though still

Slightly more evident though still moderate wood frames the spicier and more sauvage influenced nose of similar dark berries

Els Escurons and Cami Pesseroles

a wine that ultimately is produced only about once every four years or so

“The two most unusual botrytis vintages of my career

This too will need a few years of cellar time first

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia Slightly more evident though stillI'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