Champagnes | Terroirs | Press Review
Champagnes
Having been biodynamically produced for more than 20 years, Larmandier-Bernier’s Champagnes are unique: mature, mineral, pure, as close as they can be to their terroir.
Wines
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Latitude
Champagne d’Harmonie
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Longitude
Champagne d’Harmonie
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Vieille Vigne du Levant
Champagne Singulier
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Les Chemins d’Avize
Champagne Singulier
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Rosé de Saignée
Champagne Singulier
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Terre de Vertus
Champagne Singulier
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Cramant Nature
Coteaux Champenois
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Vertus Rouge
Coteaux Champenois
Authenticity
Allowing the terroir to express itself
Practices that respect the Terroir: ploughing, so that the vines can put down deeper roots, and to preserve the life of the soils; the use of biodynamic viticulture since 1999 (BIO certification since 2003); reasonable yields; and an average age of 35 for the vines coming from massal selections made by the Larmandier and Bernier grand-fathers. A genuine natural heritage, carefully preserved by the estate. When maximum ripeness has been achieved, the grapes are picked by hand, pressed gently and the fermentation takes place spontaneously (use of indigenous yeasts since 1999) in Stockinger casks and vats. The wines are matured on the lees until the end of July and then bottled with no filtering or fining. After that, the bottles wait patiently, for many years, in the estate’s cellars dug out of the chalk. The dosage is discreet, as the priority is always the same: to allow the Terroir to speak for itself…
Biodynamic viticulture
Preservation of the estate’s vieilles vignes, zero pesticide.
Natural maturing
Indigenous yeasts and prolonged maturation on the lees (11 months) in casks and wooden vats.
A minimum of intervention
Pure wines: no filtering, no fining.
Press Review
Critically Acclaimed Wines
Great connoisseurs around the world appreciate the wines of the Larmandier-Bernier estate and say so in their newspapers, magazines, guides and on their websites. Here’s a selection…
30 April 2019
Wine Advocate – Issue 242
Larmandier-Bernier 97 pointsExtra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Les Chemins d’Avize 2011 “The 2011 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Les Chemins d’Avize is superb, unfurling in the glass with a classy bouquet of warm biscuits, waxy citrus rind, buttered yellow apples and hints of gingerbread. On the palate, the wine is broad, […]
22 March 2019
Sparkle joy: my love affair with champagne
There is no happier noise than the popping of a cork Spring is a critical moment in the life cycle of every wine region. It’s the season of bud break and flowering, when you get the first, fragile inkling of the vintage that’s to come. (…) I ’m not one of those people who pooh-poohs […]
13 February 2019
14 février, 14 champagnes rosés
En couple ou célibataire, que vous l’aimiez ou que vous la détestiez, c’est aujourd’hui la Saint-Valentin et vous n’y échapperez pas. Pour ne pas être pris de sueur froide au moment de choisir le champagne qui va magnifier le dîner (ou le plateau télé) que vous avez préparé avec amour, voici 14 beaux champagnes rosés […]
6 February 2019
Théorie de la bulle carrée
(Anselme Selosse) avait compris que le champagne, ce n’étaient pas seulement des bulles et un goût de brioche. C’était du vin. Pour apprendre à s’en souvenir, Anselme invitait ses hôtes à oublier les étiquettes dorées, les noms connus, les flacons produits par dizaines de millions. Il racontait la peine des hommes qui travaillaient leurs sols […]
9 January 2019
Biodynamic Champagne – A Breed Apart
Producers in every wine region around the world will tell you that they work with grapes that are farmed in environmentally safe ways. There are many wines today that are produced from organically grown grapes, or are the byproducts of sustainable agriculture. The exact definitions of these terms vary from country to country, and can […]