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Manage Subscriptions2002 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Coeur de Cuvée
Champagne Blend
- France
- Champagne
- Champagne Premier Cru
Community Tasting Notes 97
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Beachfan Likes this wine: 93 points
July 25, 2023 - At first, it was too much brioche and not much energy. Then we got it colder and it came into sharp focus, with energy and lemon overtaking the brioche.
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Collector1855 wrote: 95 points
June 17, 2023 - Excellent showing, better than I remember it. Immediately recoginzeable as a BdB or Chard dominated wine with citrus, brioche leading the nose. Creamy palate. A treat.
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sdr wrote: 89 points
March 28, 2023 - Unfortunately this bottle was much weaker than a previous one from the same source. Okay, no more. Tiring. Lacks acidity, vibrancy and bubbles.
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RED AND BLACK wrote: 93 points
January 28, 2023 - Wonderful gold in the glass. Aromas of brioche, vanilla, nuts and dried fruits. Full-bodied and very vinous, ripe acids. Fully mature, I think this will hold for a few more years, but unlikely to further improve a lot. Drink now and enjoy
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rocknroller wrote: 93 points
January 7, 2023 - Light plus gold color. Tasting pour. One of the few '02's that I have liked better in its youth. This bottle was much better than one a year ago that seemed very tired. This still had some energy, lemon, toffee, poached apple, chalk, full bodied. Both were very good, but I did favor the '14 Grand Cellier tonight. 92+ to 93pts.
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By Richard Jennings
10/18/2011 (link) 93 points(Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Coeur de Cuvée) Light lemon yellow color with smallish bubbles; appealing, poached pear, baked apple, light caramel nose; tasty, tart poached pear, light caramel, baked apple palate; medium-plus finish (80% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Noir; from 50-year-old vines; 7 years on lees)
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By Richard Jennings
9/26/2011 (link) 93 points(Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Coeur de Cuvée) Light yellow color; rich, tart pear, light peach nose; very tasty, unusual, tart peach, juicy palate; medium-plus finish 93+ points
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By Terry Theise
2011 Champagne Catalog, 6/1/2011 (link)(Vilmart & Cie "Coeur de Cuvée" Brut) ($153.00) I hope you got some of this already sold out wine. I didn’t! And I’m consumed with self-pity about it. Disgorged 2/10. It has the dosage Laurent and I agreed on a year ago. It also has an ungoldly aroma; Chinese 5-spice, carrots sweating in butter, lemon honey, macadamias, and an edge of white iris freshness that will go truffley in time. The palate makes you wonder how wine gets any better. It has astonishing solidity and yet a zephyr of blossoms float over the high skies, and yet it all comes to some kind of loving accord on the finish, Reggiano and sea-scallops and saffron risotto – yet there’s also a green Chartreuse-y note. Head-shaking. There’s even a flavor of pumpkin pie, and the finish establishes a colony on your palate. By the way, notwithstanding my subjective preference for the galvanic freshness of the 2001, there’s no questioning the massive impact of this wine. It will go the greater distance.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2002
- Type White - Sparkling
- Producer Vilmart & Cie
- Varietal Champagne Blend
- Designation Coeur de Cuvée
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- Country France
- Region Champagne
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- Appellation Champagne Premier Cru
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- Pending Delivery 15 (1%)
- In Cellars 543 (45%)
- Consumed 640 (53%)
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