Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia freshly crushed blackcurrants and smoked

freshly crushed blackcurrants and smoked meats with hints of dried bay leaves

Lean and vigorous

weightless elegance and an elusiveness that is only matched by the greatest Burgundies

A gorgeous red

Distinctly sour and demanding

Larmandier Bernier, Levant Vv other_regions_australia freshly crushed blackcurrants and smokedI'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