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Vilmart & Cie
Champagne France
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Grand Cellier d'Or 2018

Vilmart & Cie, Champagne, France

Food Pairing

Seafood, Salads, Consommes

Top vintages From 1989 to 2020

2019 ›  95 Tb
2020 ›  95 Tb
2011 ›  94 Tb
2017 ›  94 Tb
(20)10's ›  93 Tb
2006 ›  91 Tb
2002 ›  91 Tb
2016 ›  90 Tb
1997 ›  89 Tb
2010 ›  87 Tb
Average 89.72 Tb

The Story

Blend: 80 % Chardonnay and 20 % Pinot Noir

Vineyards: Premier Cru sites 

Age of vines: 50 years old

Ageing: 10 months in oak barriques (228 litres), 42 months months on lees. No malolactic fermentation.

Dosage: 7 g/l

Tasting notes:  Intense, golden, lemon and yellow in colour with very fine persistent bubbles. These small pearls give birth on the surface to a beautiful white cord. Melted butter, custard, candled pineapple, carda...

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Vintage 2018

CHAMPAGNE: With record rainfall in winter, many hours of sunshine in spring and summer and the earliest harvest on record, the 2018 harvest in Champagne was truly unique. Its prematurity, abundant volume, ripeness and wholesomeness have left many growers singing its praises to the harvest. After a wet winter, budburst took place in April, from which time growth was accelerated. The exceptional conditions led to vigorous vegetative growth and a...

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Vilmart vinifies its vintage Grand Cellier d'Or in four- to six-year-old oak barrels, and there is an elegant oak lining to the complex nose of ripe fruity perfection. Toastiness and spiciness are emerging alongside ripe lemon, crunchy apple and lush peach fruit. There is great old-vine concentration on the palate, bringing fine harmony to the wine with its bright, zingy acidity. The long taste, which remains highly youthful despite some 18 months of post-disgorgement ageing, speaks of longevity.

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Origin

Reims, Champagne

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