Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia the new Les Nogers is

the new Les Nogers is more fleshy and textural yet balanced by significant dry extract and acidity

This is unusually well-detailed and while it’s not exactly chiseled

super precise and crunchy mineral and stony bouquet with bright and refreshing lemon and iodine aromas

Juicy and nicely rendered

This sweetness may dissipate once the wood treatment is better integrated though at present it’s not subtle

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia the new Les Nogers isI'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