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Champagne Larmandier-Bernier Grand Cru Vieille Vigne du Levant 2011 (Disg. Nov 2020)

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Champagne Larmandier-Bernier Grand Cru Vieille Vigne du Levant 2011 (Disg. Nov 2020)
Producer Larmandier-Bernier
Region, Country Champagne, France
Bottle Size 750ml
Product Code 19204-750

Disgorged in November 2020 after some eight years on lees. This Blanc de Blancs was historically labelled Vieille Vigne de Cramant. Nothing else has changed save for the name, which is now inspired by the vineyard where the majority of grapes are sourced, Bourron du Levant (the vines here were planted in 1960). The balance comes from a 0.5-hectare holding in the neighbouring terroir of Le Fond du Bâteau (with 75-year-old vines). Both plots are located in the heart of Cramant’s southeast-facing slopes, on the flanks of the Butte de Saran.


The winemaking across each of Larmandier’s single terroir wines is similar—natural fermentation and malo, 12 months in large Stockinger barrels and no fining or filtration. This cuvée, however, spends at least five years in bottle on lees (as mentioned, nearly eight years for the 2011). This release was disgorged with only two grams dosage.



Champagne Larmandier-Bernier Grand Cru Vieille Vigne du Levant 2011 (Disg. Nov 2020)

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“I'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 finish. Totally transcending the reputation of 2011, it has many of the textural properties of a great white Burgundy, married with the cut and chalky grip of Champagne's Côte de Blancs.”
97 points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

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“I'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 finish. Totally transcending the reputation of 2011, it has many of the textural properties of a great white Burgundy, married with the cut and chalky grip of Champagne's Côte de Blancs.”
97 points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

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