Champagne Larmandier-Bernier

Location: Avize, Côte des Blancs, Champagne
Surface area: 17 hectares
Viticulture: Ploughing since 1992 and cessation of weedkillers, biodynamic viticulture since 1999, organic viticulture (2016), biodynamic viticulture (2021)
Vinification: Hand sorting, 100% destemmed harvest, alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts, entonnage, 11-month ageing on lees in barrels, foudres or concrete eggs, no steering, massing, no filtration, no fining, cooling of still wines, bottling, sparkling in bottles, long ageing on laths (2 to 3 years for Lattitude & Longitude, 5 years for Avize, 10 years for Vieille Vigne du Levant)
Winemaker: Pierre Larmandier
Main appellations: Côte des Blancs terroirs classified as Grands Crus (Cramant, Avize, Oger) and Premiers Crus (Vertus)

Located in the heart of the Côte des Blancs since the 19th century, the Larmandier family cultivates its vines with passion to offer champagnes that perfectly express their terroir of birth.

The Campanian chalk expresses its finest nuances here, accompanied by respectful, sustainable viticulture. Biodynamic principles have been applied here for over 20 years, favoring deep-rooted vines and the preservation of soil life. At the head of the family estate since the late 1980s, Pierre Larmandier is the instigator of these good practices, and since his arrival has brought a breath of modernity into the 17-hectare estate. The care lavished on the vines continues in the cellar, where vinification is carried out using indigenous yeasts, and where maturation has taken place in barrels and foudres since 2001. The champagnes produced are of exemplary purity, combining silky texture and exotic aromas.