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The champagnes from this house are characterised by elegance and a very successful balance of minerality and silkiness. Due to the lower pressure, they appear open, round and charming right from the start.
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In the fifth part of our Champagne Weeks today we are talking about the house Waris Larmandier.
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There will be an online video tasting with Pierre-Louis Waris on Monday 26/9/2022 at 6pm. Here you can get the Tasting package. The number of participants is limited to 12 parties. The tasting will be held in English.
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Due to work in the vineyard and cellar, the date may be postponed at short notice.
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As a reminder: Until the end of August, we will provide you with 7% Discount on all Winemaker-Champagnefrom 250€ purchase value. Please use the code: "CHAMPAGNERWOCHEN" at the checkout.
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Waris-Larmandier
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The house Waris-Larmandier, Marie-Hélène Larmandier - Pierre Larmandier's cousin - and her husband Vincent Waris founded in Avize in 1989. Both come from winegrowing families. Both the Larmandiers and the Wariswho once immigrated from Finland, there are five generations. Vincent Wariswhose brother owned the house Waris-Hubert in Avize, died unexpectedly a short time later. Marie-Hélène also ran the Guy Larmandier family vineyard in Vertus together with her brother François.
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Today, Jean-Philippe is supported by his brother, the architect Pierre-Louis, and his sister Inès, a designer and sculptor, who have both returned to Avize. It is an artistically inclined family that has now found each other again.
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Together with their mother, they form the »racines de trois« (the three roots) of Waris-Larmandier, each making their own contribution to the artistic vision of this young and dynamic champagne house. Inès designed the distinctive flower labels as a tribute to her mother's famous flower boxes that adorn her whitewashed family home in the vineyards at the entrance to the picturesque village of Avize. Anyone who frequently visits the Côte des Blancs will recognise them.
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First class locations
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Waris-Larmandier owns nine hectares of first-class vineyards with old Chardonnay vines in the villages of Chouilly, Cramant, Avize, Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. They also cultivate some smaller plots of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier in the Montagne de Reims, more precisely in Bligny and Chamery, as well as some plots on the Côte des Bar. They are located in the villages of Avirey-Lingey, Bar-sur-Seine and Éguilly-Sous-Bois. The Racines de Trois cuvée is also produced from all of these vineyards.
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The focus is on the properties on the Côte des Blancs, where Jean-Philippe owns some very old vineyards. In 2013, he bottled the first champagnes in very small quantities. The base of 120-year-old plots includes Les Regards d'Avize (1895 and 1963), La Carelle in Chouilly (1976) and Les Terres des Buissons in Cramant (1963).
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All vineyards are equipped with Respect for the terroir certified biodynamic and are cultivated according to Demeter standards. For the more recent plantings, Jean-Philippe has decided to abandon the typical Guyot cultivation in favour of single-stem cultivation.
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Only 4.5 bar pressure
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If you look into the cellar, you will notice that it is very classic with a Coquard press only the cuvée from the first pressing is used. The wines are matured in stainless steel as well as in 600-litre tonneaux made of Wood from Burgundy and from Avize fermented and matured. It is fermented spontaneously. The liqueur de tirage and the dosage consist of clarified grape musts from the company's own vineyards.
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The base wines mature in the bottle for six to 18 months before the second fermentation, followed by 24 to 36 months of ageing on the lees sur lattes. Only as much liqueur de tirage is added as is necessary to ensure that 4.5 bar instead of the usual 6 bar develop pressure in the bottle. Waris-Larmandier is not alone in this endeavour. There are other winegrowers who have decided to produce the wines thereby less to have an effect.
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The style of the house
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The champagnes from Waris-Larmandier are characterised by Elegance and a very successful Balance of minerality and silkiness out. Due to the lower pressure, they appear open, round and charming right from the start. The ripe fruit, which is very juicy, also contributes to this. At the Racines de Trois, the entry-level champagne with 9 grams of dosage, this creates a very sensual feeling of balance, of opulence and yet also of clarity and precision.
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It brings together the three regions of Montagne de Reims, Côtes des Bar and Côtes des Blancs with the three classic main grape varieties and is a classic non-vintage brut, but one that is very clearly a handmade, finesse-rich representative of its kind. The Particules Crayeuses is available as Extra-Brut and as Zéro Dosage. It is a pure Chardonnay, i.e. a Blanc de Blancs, from Grand Cru vineyards with old vines from the Côte des Blancs.
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The Extra-Brut with 5 grams of dosage is naturally the champagne with a little more Charm and noblessethe Zéro Dosage the champagne with more Pressure, finesse and minerality. Both are first-class representatives of the Côte des Blancs, each of which still has an excellent Maturation potential possess.
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Tasting Packs Waris-Larmandier
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