1997 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Cuvée Creation

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  7/19/2023 - acyso wrote: 95 Points

  IYBroYK (Chicago, IL): Opulent, rich, heady, and broad. Classic Vilmart style, with lots of density and roundness but sufficient and generous acidity to balance that richness out. This has always been one of my favourite Vilmart bottlings.

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  4/9/2022 - adnorthup wrote:

  A blend of Chardonnay and Pinot noir, heavier on the Chardonnay, I believe this saw some new/very young oak early in life. From a single vineyard in Rilly La Montagne, probably disgorged circa 2005 or so. Drinking at absolute peak, with bruised apple, loads of spice, brioche, some toasted hazelnut and still a good pop of acid on the finish. Really nice texture as it rolls over the tongue. This is by far the oldest Vilmart champagne I’ve had to date and at 25 years is showing the quality of the family label.

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  11/7/2021 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  "Brunch is the gamay of meals" Vol. 2 (Chicago, IL): I opened this because we had so many champagnes open today and there wasn't enough dosage for a single bottle between all of them. The nose on this bottle was far more advanced than the palate, but that's not to say that this wine was advanced. This is definitely a broad-shouldered, thickly textured wine, with a long finish that is clearly inflected by the oak usage. But it's just done so well. I could see how some could consider this caricatured, just the way I find the brut natures the same way, but this is for me the style of champagne that I really do enjoy. I'll admit that I've been less impressed by more modern bottles of Vilmart, and that's not even adjusting for the prices increases.

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  3/14/2021 - jhngo wrote: 89 Points

  High acid

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  9/21/2020 - Nicephoras wrote:

  Popina Burgundy BYOB. From magnum. This is the cheesiest champagne I've ever had, and made me wonder if someone had dumped some riesling into it accidentally. Not sure if it was off or just a weird vintage, but the cheese overwhelmed anything else that I might have gotten on it.

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