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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.9 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 33 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Vinomark on 2/17/2024 & rated 96 points: Stunning aged bubbles. Paired with JR’s scallop crudo, halibut & lobster & caviar apps. (264 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 2/4/2024: Vilmart--Emotion and Coeur de Cuvee (select vintages), the meal anchored by Astrid (My House In The South OC): The cork stamp says 2010, so that may be the disgorgement year. I heard a # of positive comments about this wine last night, and fortunately I have enough for another glass tonight, so I can get one final impression. But, from last night's notes, at almost 24 years old, this remains fresh and lively. Yeah, some of the color has gone gold, but the flavor has not tired at all. Lime chew, juicy stone fruit, and a little light apple oxidation with persistent citrus to keep it lively........retasted again on Day 2 from what was leftover, and there is good CO2 remaining, too. Man, this is nice for a 20+ year old Champagne. Honeyed golden apple, toffee, savory lime and peach. Just a touch thick in texture but I don't mind it here. I'm feeling good that I was able to share this within a Vilmart dinner and have a # of people enjoy it, with one person saying to me today that he thought this might turn out to be one of the best wines he will have in 2024. Nice. And thank you to Steve Nordhoff who gifted me this back in 2018--thanks, brother. (576 views) | | | Tasted by Eric on 9/23/2023: Jason's birthday and old Bordeaux (Newcastle, WA): Started a bit funky, improved with air. Was a bit tired though, not quite what I was hoping for. (945 views) | | | Tasted by Derek Darth Taster on 8/8/2021: Pre-National Day drinks at Maison Dakota. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Quite oxidative with caramel, marzipan, and lots of orange flavours.
Not rated and I reserve judement. (1546 views) | | | Tasted by western on 3/6/2020 & rated 95 points: Still in amazing condition. Lovely brioche, biscuit, citrus. Fabulous fine bead, great fruit and long long finish. (1505 views) | | | Tasted by ovenmitt on 3/22/2019 & rated 93 points: Second bottle (and sadly my last) in a couple months..... this is sunshine in a bottle. Showing age with slight oxidation. Seems to be time on these bottles... Super nice champagne and wish I had more. (1789 views) | | | Tasted by ovenmitt on 12/8/2018 & rated 95 points: Amazing juice.... I’m not sure if this is going to get better or if it’s time to drink that other bottle in the cellar. Definite tertiary notes of aged champy showing - a roasted honey kind of thing - yeah I know that sounds odd - it is what it is. Black tea, Meyer lemon. Long finish. Impeccable balance.... oh my. (1770 views) | | | Tasted by western on 7/29/2018 & rated 95 points: Amazing !! (1940 views) | | | Tasted by Wine_lvr on 6/10/2016 & rated 94 points: Simply amazing. What a shame this cuvee is no longer produced (2790 views) | | | Tasted by AHVinoFile on 5/17/2016 & rated 93 points: [IWFS-Victoria Dinner at Lûme, Melbourne] Light golden straw color; lively mousse & persistent fine beads. Faint brioche nose amidst apple, pear, grapefruit bouquet with scents of mineral, white flowers, white peach, cherry pit, quince, lemon peel, roasted nuts, green peppercorn, baking spices & vanilla. Medium weight, buoyant & airy, quite deep, intense & concentrated orchard fruits with fresh acidity maintaining excellent harmony & imparting nice tension & great precision. Long racy finish. (2064 views) | | | Tasted by spacewrangler on 5/6/2016: Time to drink up, fruit losing it's snappy acidity. (2661 views) | | | Tasted by rnellans on 11/7/2015 & rated 93 points: Apple, pear with some brioche...lovely balance...not quite as good as the 2004 Vilmart Coeur d Cuvee served alongside. (2803 views) | | | Tasted by sfqwino on 5/31/2014 & rated 93 points: This is delicious and seriously good. Nice weight and depth, yet with good tension from the acidic backbone. Still young, but already showing good amount of complexity and nuances. Very enjoyable. (3712 views) | | | Tasted by rnellans on 12/9/2013 & rated 93 points: Light gold. Great nose of ripe apple, pear with minimal brioche. Lovely on the palate with great length, depth and balance. Long, slightly sweet fruit finish. This is really good now, but will probably get even better with age. (3453 views) | | | Tasted by awilliamson4 on 12/2/2013 & rated 93 points: Really great from what i remember…everyone really enjoyed it. (3180 views) | | | Tasted by Eric on 11/26/2012 & rated 92 points: A lovely wine to toast the brand new CellarTracker site.
Lacy, light and airy. It was a bit flat and even felt a little ox'ed when first opened, but with some air and cooled down a bit it was positively electric. Stone and lemon curd on the mid-palate. Pith and grapefruit on a bittersweet finish. Yum! (6587 views) | | | Tasted by Alex H on 8/30/2012 & rated 89 points: Fresh apples and green chili with touch of fresh biscuits. Very fresh racy style. Young alive and kicking. A monilithic pure expression. Needs time (4190 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 8/25/2012 & rated 93 points: Ming's Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): It was a privilege to have this beautiful Champagne for the second time in one year. While still really young, it was a smashing start to the dinner. Such an nose interesting here, with wafting scents of sour plums and slightly browned apples, some exotic spice notes reminiscent of green chili and tamarinds, a touch of vanilla and finally a drift of stony mineral accents. A really interesting, complex nose. The palate was no slouch either. Fresh from the bottle, it was very racy, with an energetic bead and livewire acidity springing through mellow appley flavours and brighter tones of lemon and lime peel. There was clearly plenty of substance, but it was just a bit one dimensional at first. With time though, a fleshier white-fruited background started emerging on the midpalate and a nice nutty, yeasty note started coming out as well. Finally, the little spicy notes picked up on the nose reverberated all the way at the finish - green chilis and peppercorns again, drifting away into the distance. This was such a nice, mouthwatering start to the dinner. Yummy, complex and interesting, and a superb pairing with chilled jellyfish in sesame oil too. Still very younthful though, it started out a bit slow and only really showed its chops as it warmed up and took on some air. It should pick up more depth and weight with time in the bottle and should make a beautiful Champagne in 3-4 years. (4062 views) | | | Tasted by mmurry on 6/10/2012 & rated 94 points: Yeast and floral notes on the nose, with apple and pear, and some baking spice at the end. Yeast and spice on the palate, with apple and pear on the mid-palate, and a good floral finish. (2909 views) | | | Tasted by wineismylife on 6/10/2012 & rated 90 points: Saturdays at One - Farewell to mmurry!: WIML90
Tasted non blind. Opened and served immediately.
Light yellow color in the glass, clear looking throughout with light beading. Nose of ash, ocean breeze and a bit of bread. Flavors of lemon, lime and tart yellow fruits. Bright acidity, full bodied. Drink or hold. (3682 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 5/31/2012 & rated 93 points: Milton's Birthday Dinner (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): A brilliant Champagne. While not everyone on the table agreed, I preferred this ever so slightly to the excellent 2000 Dom Perignon that was served alongside. I thought this had a beautiful nose, with lots of lovely toffee and dried coconut notes, some topical pineapple hints - almost pineapple-tart aromas with little pastry notes along with some sweet, dried pineapple scents - and then red apples and some floral perfume and, finally, more savoury notes of white meat and touch of earth. A very expressive, complex nose for a Champagne this young. The palate was beautiful too. Here, a very vigorous bead and some mouthwatering acidity gave it a great sense of liveliness and energy as it zipped through the attack with lovely pure flavours of pears and apples touched with a little lemon and more pineapple notes on the midpalate. It was all wonderfullly integrated - bright and fresh, with a great sense of focus and precision, yet coming across as one nicely rounded whole. Lovely length on the back-palate too, where little pinpricks of minerality and a hint of spice tailing away in a long, detailed finish. A lovely wine. While it was delicious on the day, and will probably remain so from this point on throughout the rest of its life, it still clearly has its best days ahead of it. This was the last vintage where Vilmart made a Cuvée Creation I believe - a bit of a waste given how good this bottle was. (2876 views) | | | Tasted by pointrob on 5/14/2012 & rated 94 points: this is now my favourite champagne,
first time tasting a champagne that has that Burgundy nose of faint barnyard with so many bubbles. Still too young however i had to try one as this is the last Cuvee Creation
The other 2 i shall wait a few more years.
Spectacular wine though (1989 views) | | | Tasted by Tulloch on 4/12/2012 & rated 94 points: Best champagne I've had from this vintage. Shame it wasn't made thereafter.... (2712 views) | | | Tasted by drycab on 2/8/2012: Candied and thin, not at all what I expected. Honeyed and a little odd, maybe a little mistreated in transit. (2255 views) | | | Tasted by Jack Cranley on 1/29/2012 & rated 92 points: I was too busy letting my imagination wander whilst sipping this Champagne to keep any detailed notes, but I do remember being impressed with the sheer complexity of the nose on this one. Aromas I have rarely smelled in any wine and hard to put a finger on. All I know is they made me smile. :) (2430 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, November/December 2011, IWC Issue #159
(Vilmart et Cie Cuvee Creation Vintage) Subscribe to see review text. | By Brad Baker
Champagne Warrior, September 2011, Issue #12, Champagne Tasting Notes
(Vilmart Cuvée Création) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Peter Liem
ChampagneGuide.net
(Vilmart & Cie. Cuvée Création Brut Premier Cru) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (10/18/2011)
(Vilmart & Cie Champagne Cuvée Creation) Light yellow color with small-to-medium bubbles; nice baked apple, yeasty nose; tasty, poised, youthful, tart apple, pear, baked apple, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 92+ points (80% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Noir; 9 years on lees) 92 points | By Terry Theise
Terry Theise Estate Selections, 2011 Champagne Catalog (6/1/2011)
(Vilmart & Cie "Cuvée Création" Brut) ($141.00) Disgorged 2/10. Slight reduction at first, and then has a candied edgy quality this cuvée sometimes shows; it’s not as fondue as the rest of the range. The palate is lively in a sweet-tart and firmly angular way. It has more fiber, more crust, but it softens in the glass and resolves into a seductively balsam-y finish. The final finish of this almost extinct wine... |
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| Vilmart & Cie Producer websiteChampagne Blend"Champagne blend" is a classic grape blend that typically includes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and/or Pinot Meunier in any proportions.
However, this blend can also include Arbane, Fromenteau (Pinot Gris), Petit Meslier and/or Pinot Blanc as well.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comChampagne Le Champagne (Le comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne) | Grandes Marques & Maisons de Champagne (Union des Maisons de Champagne)
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