Larmandier-Bernier Terre de Vertus

In the glass

Aroma: lemon, green apple, chalk, white flowers

Palate: bone-dry minerality, saline cut, racy tension, long dry finish

A non-dosed single-village Premier Cru Vertus Blanc de Blancs: lemon and green apple over chalk and white flowers, bone-dry with a saline cut, racy tension and a long dry finish.

What it pairs with

• Oysters Find oysters on TableJourney →
  Bone-dry saline cut meets the brine of oysters.
• Turbot
  Racy tension and chalk frame fine white fish.
• Goat cheese
  Minerality balances fresh cheese.

History

Terre de Vertus is Larmandier-Bernier's non-dose single-village Blanc de Blancs from Premier Cru Vertus, farmed biodynamically.

1. 1999 — Terre de Vertus established as a non-dose single-village cuvee

Facts

Producer

Champagne Larmandier-Bernier

Grapes

Chardonnay (100%)

Classification

AOC Champagne

Oak

Part oak; non-dose; biodynamic single-village Premier Cru Vertus

ABV

12.0%

Price

EUR 70 to 100 at retail

Drinking window

5 to 20 from vintage

First vintage

1999

Scores

• Decanter 93 (2012 vintage, reviewed 2020)

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