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Larmandier-Bernier Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Les Chemins d’Avize Extra-Brut

The 2020 Larmandier-Bernier Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Les Chemins d’Avize Extra-Brut has earned its place in The World of Fine Wine’s handpicked collection of tasting notes, featuring insights from the world’s foremost wine authorities. Explore in-depth commentary from wine experts Essi Avellan, Simon Field and Anthony Rose on Larmandier-Bernier Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Les Chemins d’Avize Extra-Brut - an internationally acclaimed traditional method sparkling from Champagne.
Larmandier-Bernier Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Les Chemins d’Avize Extra-Brut
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Wine Name
Larmandier-Bernier Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Les Chemins d’Avize Extra-Brut

Wine Producer
Champagne Larmandier-Bernier

Score
92

Wine Style
Traditional Method Sparkling

Grape Type
Chardonnay

Country
France

Vintage
2013

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Essi Avellan | Richly colored hue. A characterful nose, with interesting yeasty tones, floral whiffs, and yellow-apple and mirabelle plum fruit. Spicy, woody complexity. Really structured and vinous on the palate, showing some age already. Fine transparency, but it would be enhanced by even greater elegance. | 91

Simon Field | Generous color here; sandy, hints of ochre; an assertive, slightly stentorian nose of honeydew melon, fig, and elderflower, rhubarb and griotte; unresolved, hitherto, oak at the prow. The palate brings into play caramel and preserved salted lemon; camphor, cumin, and late-season apples, more exotic notes behind that; guava, pineapple, and mango. Encyclopedic in aspiration, and well on the way to justifying its intent; youthful ambition will blossom for sure. | 92

Anthony Rose | Pale golden hue, this is rich in aromatic energy, with notes of popcorn and butterscotch, suggesting a proportion of barrel fermentation. While on the palate, the texture is rich with underlying buttery notes framed by an almost surprisingly soft acidity, thanks to an evolution that suggests drinking over the next three to five years. | 94

Details

Wine expert Essi Avellan
Simon Field
Anthony Rose
Tastings year 2020
Region Champagne
AppellationChampagne AOC
% Alcohol By Volume12.5
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