Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia Delicate but intense

Delicate but intense

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

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

This is a terrific if decidedly big BBM that should age gracefully for a decade plus

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia Delicate but intenseI'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