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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.3 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 39 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rsbeck on 12/21/2021 & rated 94 points: Similar to previous. Last bottle. (1348 views) | | | Tasted by rsbeck on 11/8/2020 & rated 94 points: Popped, poured, consumed from Zalto Universal over 90 minutes. This has developed nicely since last tasting 6 years ago and I believe it will continue to develop, but wonderful for drinking now. (1750 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 12/22/2018 & rated 94 points: Thrilling Champagne, sauteed mushrooms, freshly baked bread crust, chalk and slate, lemon and apple.
The Extra Brut dosage shows through on the Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, making it tight and precise.
So delicious, drink this wine now. love it, love it. (2242 views) | | | Tasted by thewiz on 5/19/2018 & rated 91 points: (Disgorged in 2009, 100% Chardonnay)
Yellow colour with a very pleasant nose showing minerals, honey and grass notes in a maturing way. Palate was showing lots of intensity with fresh herbal notes and a lovely honey smooth finish. This was better together with food, feeling more smooth and accessible. When trying after a long dinner this had really transformed and felt very accessible. So, in need of more cellar time to open up! (Probably best 2024-2034) (2214 views) | | | Tasted by Rani on 5/15/2018 & rated 92 points: Tasted blind. Yeasty, with notes of roasted hazelnuts. Ample acidity, rich with notes of loquats and yellow peaches. Very nice. (2414 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 11/23/2017 & rated 93 points: Beautifully mature Champagne, losing a bit of it's energy and thrill, I will drink my remaining bottle before 2018 is over. (1771 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 11/26/2016 & rated 93 points: See prev TN, very nice. (2210 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 10/8/2016 & rated 95 points: Opened and had a glass yesterday. Properly recorked, back in the fridge, and TN from today.
What happens to 100% Grand Cru Chardonnay in the hands of a Champagne master? THIS is what happens.
Tiny bubbles, with aromas of red apple, yeast, old mushroom, and chalk.
On the palate, slightly rich for a BdB, possibly due to the bottle age. Perfectly toasty bread crust flavor, with green and red apple, then grapefruit zest, followed by stewed mushrooms and a rocky minerality.
This is so freaking good. I am not sure how much longer I would wait, as it is truly at an apogee right now in my opinion. Drink now through 2018. Stunning. (1961 views) | | | Tasted by NostraBacchus on 1/23/2015 & rated 93 points: Notes of lime, minerality, but also a vegetal note that was interesting, as well as some smoke. It’s medium-full bodied with medium-high acidity adding freshness. There is a lot of tension here. Very good length. It’s fuller in body than the Pierre Peters Chetillons 2002 tasted next to it, but it still tastes very precise. (3549 views) | | | Tasted by dougie on 12/25/2014 & rated 93 points: Wonderful! Started off with Apple and fuller bodied. Became more elegant throughout the night. (2761 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 6/22/2014 & rated 93 points: Gorgeous, lush yet precise, great complexity. Just a wonderfully complete Champagne. Drink now through 2020 or so. Delicious. (3112 views) | | | Tasted by rsbeck on 6/10/2014 & rated 93 points: Popped and poured. Fine mousse, wonderful balance of poached pear, yeast, and citrus tones, refreshing acidity and flesh with a lengthy crisp and succulent finish. Lovely now, but still seems young like it could easily reward further cellaring. (2650 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 3/31/2013 & rated 91 points: Still not ready to drink. Very forward, almost hurts to smell this wine. Fine mousse, enjoyed with sushi. (3333 views) | | | Tasted by Rani on 2/23/2013 & rated 91 points: Delicious. Brioche and yeast, lovely fruit - a slightly bitter finish hints that this could benefit from another 3-4 years of aging. (2327 views) | | | Tasted by PJPI on 12/27/2012 & rated 92 points: Pale straw appearnce with delicate bubbles. Nose of carmelised apples & poached pears. First senasation on palate is of sweetness which quickly gives way to a great freshness. The finish is long with the frshness transforming into a buttery rich mouth (2520 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 7/14/2012 & rated 93 points: Gorgeous, fine mousse. This wine is med lemon color, nose of yeast and biscuit, with a lemony citrus profile. On the palate, searing acidity, which if u like (I do!), is to die for. The citrus fruits sing on the palate, with medium tannins and med+ finish of chalk and minerality. This wine is just entering into its drinking window, and will be fabulous over the next 10+ yrs. Absolutely gorgeous. (2657 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 12/26/2011: At The Broadmoor/Summit. One of the top 10 Champagne I've ever had. And, to be sure, the loveliest 04 I've ever had. Hauntingly beautiful. Thank you, Zack. Score: A+ (2731 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 12/25/2011: At The Broadmoor/Summit. One of the top 3 Champagne of 2011. Full entry, precisely focused acids and fruit. I'd be happy to drink this each day for the rest of my life. Loads of personality and class. Thank you, Zack. Score: A+ (2181 views) | | | Tasted by mjf@ulkner on 12/23/2011 & rated 91 points: Bone dry.Still pretty tight, this opened up with time, and warming. The low dosage is quite evident- this has fairly zingy fruit and acidity. (2268 views) | | | Tasted by dougie on 8/3/2011 & rated 92 points: wonderful. Dry, elegant. (2385 views) | | | Tasted by j45 on 2/3/2011: Gorgeous wine. Bone dry and conveying a sense of crystalline purity with salty lemon fruit wound around a chalky mineral core. Cramant's distinctive power:subtlety juxtaposition is on full display here. If anybody wants a short lesson on Cramant terroir, pour this wine side-by-side with Diebolt-Vallois' Cuvée Préstige. There are green tones inside the wine that identify it as a 2004; they don't intrude but rather add an earthy, Swiss chard stalk-like complexity that makes the wine more appetizing. Zesty and tingling with energy in the mouth, this fizz is so refreshing I could drink it all night long (and I just might!) If there's one knock on the wine, it's its rather clipped finish. I will try to give this wine another five years (2016) to flesh out before I open my next bottle. (2505 views) | | | Tasted by dougie on 12/18/2010 & rated 93 points: lime and elegant. And, it was also very rich and full. Loved it. Low dosage at its best. (1980 views) | | | Tasted by Shorepower on 9/18/2010: Väldigt, väldigt ung men verkligen lovande, Lite åt bourgognehållet, lite ”fet” och smörig som känns både i doft och smak. Fina mineraler , gula äpplen och lite persika. Känns som låg dosage, kanske inte helt harmoniskt ännu. Lagra (2794 views) | | | Tasted by Rani on 6/20/2010 & rated 93 points: Chalk, biscuits, lime and quince - an elegant melange of aromas and flavors is exhibited here. Good mousse, slight savory note on the midpalate but a nice finish of toasted almonds and quince. A really nice champagne that's elegant more than grand. (2840 views) | | | Tasted by 60ouvrees on 3/25/2010: Good quality here but to my palate the straight L-B Blanc de Blancs is a much better wine. (2910 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, May/Jun 2019, Issue #81, Recently-Tasted Champagne and Sparkling Wines Including a Deep and Wide Vertical of Clos des Goisses
(Larmandier-Bernier “V. V. de Cramant” Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut (Avize)) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Tamlyn Currin
JancisRobinson.com (5/10/2011)
(Larmandier-Bernier, Vieille Vigne de Cramant Extra Brut Grand Cru Champagne White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (3/16/2010)
(Larmandier-Bernier, Vieille Vigne de Cramant Grand Cru Extra Brut Champagne White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, March 2010
(Larmandier-Bernier Vieille Vigne de Cramant Grand Cru Extra Brut) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Sep/Oct 2009, Issue #23, The Champagne and Sparkling Wine Addendum- Another Round of Fashionably Late-Arriving Bubbles
(Larmandier-Bernier Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs “Cramant” Grand Cru) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (6/3/2009)
(Larmandier-Bernier, Vieille Vigne de Cramant Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (3/27/2009)
(Larmandier-Bernier, Vieille Vigne de Cramant Grand Cru Champagne White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, March 2009
(Larmandier-Bernier Vieille Vigne de Cramant Grand Cru) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, New Releases from Champagne (Dec 2008)
(Larmandier-bernier Extra Brut Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes De Cramant) Subscribe to see review text. | By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, November/December 2008, IWC Issue #141
(Larmandier-Bernier Vieille Vigne de Cramant Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut) Subscribe to see review text. | By Peter Liem
ChampagneGuide.net
(Larmandier - Bernier Vieille Vigne de Cramant Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Larmandier-Bernier Producer website
Pierre Larmandier shares a similar philosophy to that of Francois Egly of Egly-Ouriet. Working only with natural yeasts the influence of 'terroir' is all important to the style of his wines, so much so that he uses a minimum 'dosage' (if at all) so as not to mask the wines natural characteristics. Wines are made only from their own 15 hectares of vines, which are an average 33 years old. His holdings are spread across the Cotes des Blancs in the grand crus villages of Cramant, Chouilly, Oger and Avize, and the premier cru of Vertus. There are around fifty separate parcels, all but three of which (representing 0.5 hectares) are farmed using non-officially certified Biodynamic methods. Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comChampagne Le Champagne (Le comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne) | Grandes Marques & Maisons de Champagne (Union des Maisons de Champagne)
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