May 9, 2024 - Vilmart Coeur de Cuvee 2008.
Wow!
Fantastisk parfymert nese.
Smack in your face, rik og deilig.
Fyldig munnfølelse.
Konsentrert med masse power som balanseres med en pirrende friskhet.
Den drikker som en Gud!
Fremdeles på et primært stadie.
De som har denne i kjelleren har mye godt i vente.
Knallbra lang elektrisk finish. 95p
February 26, 2024 - Champagne In My Backyard (My House): March 2015 disgorgement. The usual 80/20 split of Chard/Pinot Noir. This was from my cellar, I bought the bottle back in 2016. At that time, there was a stack of these on the floor locally and I recall balking at the price of $139 so I bought just one so I could add to my inventory. What a dope I was, as I was able at the time to buy a case or this stuff and while that would have pounded my wallet, and it was $20 more than I had paid for my original offer of the bottles from someone else, I took a short-sighted view. I know I am not alone in making this error. Floral with green apple, a honeyed apple actually, good energy and youthful. Powerful rich showing a chalky flinty finish. With more air, probably 4 hrs after I opened it, plenty of yellow apple and beautiful orange-driven citrus, which is such a hallmark of the Blanches Voies plot where this cuvee's fruit originates outside the village. Thankfully, the group left this behind so I can drain the last glass of this tonight....finished up the final glass tonight. My takeaway (the wine is pretty much still too) is a more plump, luxurious, juicy wine after the full day this has been open. There is a creamy lime element that is seductive, along with a gentle but persistent minerality that flows through the finish. This is aging so gracefully, a gorgeous wine in its presentation. This only makes me love Vilmart even more, if that was possible.
February 25, 2024 - Something new & something familiar (FMIII backyard): Something floral on the nose, ripe yellow apple and some other yellow fruit – maybe those yellow raspberries and citrus? Delicious. Hard to believe this is a 2008, and still has a long way to go - I think this could get even better. Another contender for WOTN.
February 25, 2024 - Champagne at FMIII's: -- 80% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Noir --
-- March 2015 disgorgement --
Remarkably floral Nose – confident and elegant fruit aromas pull you into the equally-graceful bright fruit tones on the palate; pleasant barely-sweet pastry note, too. Feels as if there’s still potential to fill-in the back end, which will be to its benefit. Drinking young, with no meaningful tertiary flavor development; if anything, it’s in its open-and-relaxed/youthful stage, which makes it a lot fun to drink right now.
February 25, 2024 - Double Fisted Champagne at Frank's: Checking Recent Buys AND Something Drinking Great Now (Frank Murray's Casa): Loved the classic, mature Champagne note of buttered bread. The balance really lets the richness shine here. Somewhat sweet and fruity but altogether yummy. Fantastic punctuation to a terrific tasting.
February 9, 2024 - Chalky lemon zest and oils on the nose. This explodes on the palate with zesty minerality and really pretty jasmine floral notes. It opens up broad with fruit from many corners; apples, grapefruit, apricot, all with great freshness and a lovely mild candied sweetness (perhaps related to dosage 8g/L?). Autolytic notes are balanced amazingly well within all of this, with a long chalky finish predominantly speaking of lemons.
Agree with many previous notes that the acidity right now is massive and this lends the wine great pairing potential with many types of food, but would love to try again in 5-10+ years when it's calmed down a bit. Beautiful!!
❤️❤️❤️
February 8, 2024 - Painfully young still with a huge streak of acidity on the palate. There's plenty of fruit here so I think a few more years in the cellar could make this quite special.
January 8, 2024 - Wow, helt fenomenal! Stor och mäktig och en lång finish! Tacksam att jag har några kvar och kan fortsätta följa utvecklingen!!
January 6, 2024 - The 2008 is really getting into the zone about 8 years after degorgement. Notes of lemon zest, lemon oil, sweet spice, chalky minerality, some autolytic notes, some honey, also some orchard fruit, but there is also that fresh, super nice streak of minerality and acidity. Medium-full bodied, layered, with excellent persistence and high acidity as well as medium mousse. Very long finish with very good complexity. A superb Champagne of the highest level. In a good place now but can age for another 10 years or so.
December 19, 2023 - Vilmart CdC + 08 vintage = love. Zippy acidity, freshness, so much od everything. Enjoyed a vertical a few weeks back of the 02, 04 and 06 several weeks back. this 08 had everything... and more