Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia wait another 4-5 years and

wait another 4-5 years and things will be even better

Still a bit edgy owing to its firm acid/tannin spine and mineral underpinning but finishes with subtle length

This too will need a few years of cellar time first

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

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia wait another 4-5 years andI'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