Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia This is a quality Bourgogne

This is a quality Bourgogne and worth checking out plus it will age

plus a whiff of chocolate

Juicy and nicely rendered

This is unusually well-detailed and while it’s not exactly chiseled

super precise and crunchy mineral and stony bouquet with bright and refreshing lemon and iodine aromas

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia This is a quality BourgogneI'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