Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia tobacco and sweet herbs that

tobacco and sweet herbs that waft from the glass

Lean and vigorous

Really rather charming with rose petals and sweetness

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

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia tobacco and sweet herbs thatI'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