Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia A gorgeous red

A gorgeous red

tobacco and sweet herbs that waft from the glass

Really rather charming with rose petals and sweetness

Lean and vigorous

This incredibly concentrated effort is a positively stunning and completely classic Corton-Charlemagne that is built to age

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia A gorgeous redI'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