Sharing a name and village (Vertus) with the magnificently fashionable La Maison Larmandier Bernier  in Champagne does not seem to have posed too many problems for Mme Larmandier of Champagne Guy Larmandier (one has not dared to enquire yet as to her Christian name) and her son François.

Their champagnes have a very distinct personality, with most of the vineyards in fact located a little to the north of Vertus in the Grand Cru villages of Cramant and Chouilly. The wines capture the essence of the ‘Cramant style’ that is to say they are floral, generous and wonderfully elegant.

Their champagnes include a Blanc de Blancs NV, a pure old school expression of Côte des Blancs Chardonnay, floral, rounded and wonderfully complete, as well as a Cramant Prestige that showcases the quality of  its Grand Cru Cramant  provenance.