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Larmandier-Bernier, Champagne Vieille Vigne du Levant Extra Brut Grand Cru, 2016

Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France
$224.99
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This is grower Champagne at its most site-specific: one old-vine parcel of Grand Cru Cramant, bottled only in years the Larmandier family judges worthy, and 2016 made the cut. The vineyard is called Bourron du Levant ("Levant" means the East). Its vines face south-east and catch the first morning sun, and in Cramant that side of the slope gives richer, more powerful grapes than the west-facing side. The house describes the vines as 60 to more than 85 years old, deep-rooted and made up of a mix of old vine stocks. Pierre Larmandier created the cuvée in 1988 as "Vieille Vigne de Cramant," when single-vineyard Champagne was still a rarity, then renamed it because people kept mistaking Cramant for crémant. He was also among the region's earliest biodynamic growers. The wine is fermented in oak. As an Extra Brut it is barely dosed, and it takes no reserve wine and no fruit from other sites. Give it time to open in the glass, and know that the family says it gains depth with two or more years in the cellar.

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More about Larmandier-Bernier

A grower Champagne house in Vertus since 1971, farming organically from 1992 and biodynamically from 1999. These are chalk-driven, pure, minimal-dosage Champagnes—the opposite of commercial sparkle. Fifteen hectares, separate vinification for each cru, total integrity.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Chardonnay

  • Vintage

    Champagne , 2016

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Style

    Elegant

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast chicken with morels in a cream sauce (the producer's own suggestion), veal blanquette, turbot with beurre blanc, or warm gougères as an aperitif.

Tasting Profile

Expect the classic Côte des Blancs blanc de blancs profile, deepened by old vines and oak: lemon, green apple and white flowers over brioche and hazelnut, with a chalky minerality. Medium-bodied and fine-beaded, with bright, cutting acidity and very little dosage, it typically finishes dry, long and saline. Think a top white Burgundy with bubbles.

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