Comments on: Larmandier-Bernier, grower champagne

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:38:00 +0000

Sorry so long in getting back. No, I meant Bruno Maillard, not Paillard -- whose champagnes can be found in a number of places. Mssr. Maillard is the God-son of Madame Larmandier. The Larmandier is certainly superior champagne, but the Bruno Maillard is a great change. Now, if it could only be found in the US.

Also, as the the availability of the Larmandier in the US. According to Madame Larmandier, their champagne is distributed only in NY and at one store in suburban Chicago (in Melrose Park, if I remember right). I had Larmandier at my wedding in Portland, OR several years ago, but that took a helluva lot of wheeling and dealing.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:40:00 +0000

thanks for the entry, in paricular for noting the non dosage distinction. The round up will be published shortly.

sam

By: Per & Britt

Per & Britt — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:04:00 +0000

Here are some pictures of the grower and his vineyards:
Larmandier-Bernier

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:47:00 +0000

Anonymous, did you mean Bruno Paillard? I have seen his champagnes here in NYC.

Thanks CD! I'll look out for the Tarlant!

Cheers,

By: The Corkdork

The Corkdork — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:21:00 +0000

First of all, great post. I’m on the lookout for Larmandier-Bernier, Larmandier, and now Bruno Maillard. Seems that most of the Larmandier-Bernier is shipped to NYC and not the SF Bay Area, so I’ll have to do some deep scouring.

I had the tete du cuvée from Tarlant for my WBW and it was really excellent: http://corkdork.typepad.com/corkdork/2006/09/wine_blogging_w.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:00:00 +0000

I know this champagne quite well, and would also suggest that offered by Guy Larmandier, the in-law of Larmandier-Bernier. I spent a week with Guy and another terrific small champange producer this summer — his name is Bruno Maillard, and his champagne is, unfortunately, unavailable outside of France (and barely available outside of Champagne).

Larmandier is quite similar to Larmandier-Bernier, though I would describe it as more elegant with an even finer bead. Interestingly, Guy’s daughter-in-law told us that Larmandier exported to the US gets a dosage “plus sec” than that sold in France. Interesting…