Champagne Larmandier-Bernier Grand Cru Les Chemins d'Avize 2015 (Disg. Sep 2022) chateau-branaire-ducru fine tannins and unexpected length

fine tannins and unexpected length

one third of the Cabernet spending extended time on skins for complexity and to build the savoury edge

The super bright green fruit was hand picked from an old vineyard in the Upper Yarra and sorted before whole bunch pressing

Whilst a few years ago the Cabernet grapes struggled to reach full maturity

and they work together much the same as their familly has for generations

Champagne Larmandier-Bernier Grand Cru Les Chemins d'Avize 2015 (Disg. Sep 2022) chateau-branaire-ducru fine tannins and unexpected lengthDisgorged September 2022. The Larmandier family vinify fruit from two tiny plots in the heart of Avize (Chemin de Plivot planted in 1955, and Chemin de Flavigny planted in 1960) for this cuve. Both are highly chalky parcels with very little topsoil, and both lie on the lower slopes of Avize (not far from Agrapart and Selosses La Fosse vineyard). The winemaking is similar to the other cuves, save for using smaller, neutral barrels for the fermentations