Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia I gave it a couple

I gave it a couple of extra days open to be sure just how lovely it was

I very much like the intensity here and the transparency is stunning

and it has a balanced feel (but perhaps less austere) and a clean

The 2011 Rouge is one of the more extroverted wines in this range

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia I gave it a coupleI'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