Wine Region: Champagne - France
Grape: 100% Chardonnay
Tasting notes: This champagne is of an absolute natural balance and non dosed (without sugar addition) in order to respect its purity.
Expert ratings:
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 94+/100
"The 2014 Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Terre de Vertus is a fine follow-up to the excellent 2013 and 2012 renditions. Unwinding in the glass with scents of white flowers, citrus oil, crisp orchard fruit, fresh pastry and almonds, it's full-bodied, layered and vinous, with more richness and mid-palate amplitude than the tauter 2013, underpinned by racy acids and chalky structuring extract." William Kelley
RVF Guide : 95/100
"With a highly refined toastiness and an immensely silky mouthfeel until a finish carried by citrus fruits and chalky to perfection. A great vintage for this cuvée perfectly anchored in its terroir. A radiant and brilliant champagne."
Wine Spectator 91/100
About the winery: Larmandier-Bernier numbers among the Côte de Blanc's—and Champagne's—finest estates. Based in Vertus, the Larmandier family farm organically and harvest late, vinifying the resulting wines in wood. The result is vinous, elegantly muscular Champagnes that are concentrated but precise. In a region that still produces far too many meager, brittle wines, Larmander-Bernier reminds us of the plenitude and texture of which great Champagne is capable.
As remarkable for their consistency as their quality, any wine that bears this family’s label is well worth seeking out.
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