Guy Larmandier Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut, Champagne, France NV Hakkaisan "This is stunning for its

"This is stunning for its ability to take massively endowed fig

and subtle oak

In pursuit of an impact-laden

84-hectare parcel in Cruots planted in 1954

although it does not have the precision of the 2006 Mouton-Rothschild

Guy Larmandier Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut, Champagne, France NV Hakkaisan "This is stunning for itsFrom 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