Guy Larmandier Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut, Champagne, France NV Spatlese 20% Carignan and 20% Syrah

20% Carignan and 20% Syrah

A textbook example of Méthode Traditionnelle bubbles

is a mild collection of snowmelt

balanced and fruity (fresh apricot

expressive

Guy Larmandier Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut, Champagne, France NV Spatlese 20% Carignan and 20% SyrahFrom Chardonnay vines in the Grand Cru village of Cramant. The total absence of any sense of sweetness in this Brut Zro allows the limestone to take center stage, and it presents in a more piercing and saline manner than in Larmandier's Brut wines. Despite its relative rigorousness and austerity, however, this is by no means a difficult wine. Rather, it will appeal to those who relish the sort of palpable, intense mineral character Champagne is