Publication: Wine advocate Rating: 93 Larmandier-Bernier’s non-dosage 2008 Extra Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs Terre de Vertus – initially raised in a combination of small barrels and foudres – is both salty and overtly chalky, and mingles freshly milled and lightly toasted grain with fresh lemon and apple on the nose and a juicy palate. Bittersweet iris perfume and a greenhouse-like amalgamation of leafing and flowering things generally add intrigue. The alliance of seductively silken texture with refreshing and stimulating brightness of ripe acids is not only notable but, as it turns out, impressively typical for this estate. I suspect that this fine value will both fascinate and delight over the next 3-5 years.