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Larmandier-Bernier Winery Guide

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Winery Overview

One of the Champagne region’s true stars, Larmandier-Bernier is a small, top-class producer creating consistently excellent Champagne under the guise of its passionate owner and winemaker, Pierre Larmandier. Like all quality-conscious winemakers worldwide, Pierre believes in keeping human input to a minimum and letting the terroir speak volumes. The results are astounding: intense, minerally, and exquisite Champagnes to satisfy even the most unforgiving critics.

The Larmandier and Bernier families have an unrivaled understanding of their terroir, having produced Champagne since the French Revolution. Each generation lovingly cultivated vines, passing on their know-how to future wine growers. After centuries of working closely together, they finally joined forces in 1971 with Philippe Larmandier and Elisabeth Bernier’s marriage. Viola, the Larmandier-Bernier Champagne house, was born. Philippe worked hard to forge an enviable reputation for quality, and today, his son Pierre and his wife, Sophie, continue his hard work. Pierre took over the winemaker’s mantle in 1988, and by 1992 he began to move the family vineyards over to organic cultivation. He is passionately committed to letting nature work its magic, and since 1999, every vineyard has been managed biodynamically.

Larmandier-Bernier is a shining example of an estate that produces world-class wines from their vineyard skill rather than using parlor tricks in the cellar. Pierre and his team work monumentally hard, using biodynamic methods to produce the finest possible fruit in each vintage. The proof is in the wines, some of Champagne’s finest and most profound expressions with impeccable balance and clean, fruit-driven finesse. Not to mention the beautiful property with its big cavernous cellar and a consistently warm reception from Pierre and Sophie. We can think of no better reference point for Champagne!

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James lawrence

With a passion for food & drink that verges on the obsessive, wine writer James Lawrence has traveled the world in search of the perfect tipple. To date, nothing has surpassed the 1952 R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Rioja Reserva, tasted in the cobweb-filled cellars with owner María José. Meanwhile, James has been writing for a wide variety of publications for over 12 years, including Telegraph, Decanter, Harpers, The Drinks Business, and Wine Business International. He lives in South Wales and returns to his former university city, Bilbao, as much as possible.

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