Larmandier-Bernier Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne Longitude NV

95 points Decanter: "ME: Lovely classy green-gold colour shouts Chardonnay. Minerals, chalk, a hint of spices, and fine, fine tension in the mouth. Moreish and complete, a fine long wine. SF: Lively and energetic. The palate is spicy and firm with a soft white pepper backdrop. An accessible and ripe style, fresh and poised at the same time. TH: Slightly closed nose with grapefruit. Pretty high-pitched lemon pith notes coming through. It's a little uncompromising and hard for general champagne drinkers maybe, but this is a winner for those who like it honed, dry and persistent. Drink: 2018-2025."

94+ points Sarah Mayo (The Wine Independent): "Based on the 2019 vintage with 30% of reserve wines in the blend, the Larmandier Bernier Longitude Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Premier Cru NV was harvested quite ripe for the vintage and vinified in a combination of stainless steel, large barrels and barrique; sur lie during the winter. It was finished with a four grams per liter dosage. It opens with toasty and rich aromas of apple pie, butter croissant, white flowers, Manuka honey and a good whiff of mineral freshness. The light to medium-bodied palate has a beautiful, broadly knit mouthfeel enlivened by silky, stimulating acidity. It finishes long and concentrated. Alcohol 12.5%. Drink: 2023-2033. (12/18/24)"

94 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "[$90 list] The NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Longitude 1er Cru is a powerful, ample wine. The Longitude builds beautifully in the glass, creamy and textured, with tons of resonance. Pear, white pepper, dried flowers, mint and chalk are all delineated in a Champagne that blends power and tension. This is all class. Dosage is 3 grams per liter. Disgorged: February, 2023. Drink: 2025-2033. (Nov 2023)"

94 points Bettane & Desseauve Guide (2024).

93 points Tom Hewson (TimAtkin.com): "Chardonnay from Vertus, Avize, Cramant and Oger. 2019 base with 40% reserve wines. Inviting nut milk and clementine sweetness up front here, with a delicious sourdough tang here and a classical, fine and layered profile with ripples of fine lemon peel. The assemblage and the reserve wines make this feel truly involved and complex for a young wine – a classic that remains approachably-priced. (Dec 2022)"

93 points James Suckling: "A base of 2015 vintage (it is normally one year older than Latitude). The striking, crushed-chalk and lemon aromas here are so pure. The palate has a very smooth, crisp and fresh array of attractively vibrant, dry, lemon flavors. Long, pure and dry. Drink now. (9/2/19)"

92 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "Based on the 2020 vintage and disgorged in November 2022, the new release of Larmandier's NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Longitude wafts from the glass with aromas of sweet citrus fruit, fresh pastry, green apple and flowers. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, its satiny attack segues into a racy, broad-shouldered mid-palate, concluding with a chalky finish. Drink: 2023-2033. (12/14/23)"

92 points Wine & Spirits: "A blend of Larmandier's parcels along the 4th meridian, this includes fruit from Vertus, Oger, Avize and Cramant. A perpetual reserve established in 2004 provides 40 percent of Longitude, the current release a chardonnay with a red blush of spice, cool jasmine and ginger tones over the flavor of greengage plums. (2022)"

92 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "Longitude is Larmandier-Bernier’s premier cru bottling of Blanc de Blancs and hails from fruit grown in Vertus, Avize, Cramant and Oger. The current release is from the base year of 2014 and was finished with a dosage of four grams per liter and offers up a superb nose of apple, pear, hazelnut, brioche, chalky soil tones and a topnote of almond blossoms. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied, focused and nicely resolved and open today, with an excellent core of fruit, bright acids, pinpoint bubbles and very good length and grip on the complex finish. This is very good juice. 2019-2040. (May/Jun 2019)"