Champagne Larmandier-Bernier Latitude Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut NV [Base 2016, Disgorged June 2019]

This replaces the wine known as Brut Tradition, although it is now 100% Côte des Blancs Chardonnay. The fruit for this wine is predominantly grown, as it always has been, in vineyards on the southern side of Vertus. These are vineyards on roughly the same "Latitude", and this new name also hints at the breadth of texture that the wines from these vineyards tend to offer up, even when only Chardonnay is used. In the past, this wine contained up to 20 percent Pinot Noir, but over the years this has been steadily decreasing in favour of Chardonnay. The more recent vintages had only 10% Pinot Noir. Finally, Pierre decided that the addition of the Pinot component distracted from his notion of what this terroir wanted to say, so he has dispensed with it totally.

Country: France
Region: Champagne
Sub Region: Vertus