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  • Country ranking ?

    1 614
  • Producer ranking ?

    16
  • Decanting time

    15min
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Turbot with a mild sauce, Fresh oysters & grilled prawns

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The Story

Blend: 70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Noir classified Premier Cru

Ageing: 10 months in large oak casks. No malolactic fermentation

Dosage: 8 g/l

The Grand Cellier is a complex, pure but still juvenile wine. This wine reflects both the quality of its origins, the care given to the blending and the mastery of the ageing process. This wine pairs well with soft in texture meals. Take care to accompany the aromatic character (mineral, citrus...

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Wine Information

The base wine for champagne comes from 2016 harvest and the blended reserve wines are from 2014 & 2015 harvests.

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Written Notes

The grapes come from thirty-year-old vines. Only freerun jouce & first press. 40 year old casks are used. Dosage 10 grams/litre. I found a lot of oaky, heavy aromas in earlier versions of this wine. Today, Vilmart has found their way with this Chablis-like, romantically floral, first-class, nonvintage Champagne. The taste is pure and elegant. 

  • 82p

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, minerals, some spices, fruity nose, floral. Chalky. Fresh acidity, fruity, apples, lighter bodied, some pears, elegant texture, long. 91

  • 91p
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Origin

Reims, Champagne

Grapes

30% Pinot Noir
70% Chardonnay

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

Drinking temperature

7-9C
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