Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia This is a terrific if

This is a terrific if decidedly big BBM that should age gracefully for a decade plus

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

soften and show off its silky

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

Delicate but intense

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia This is a terrific ifI'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