2013 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Coeur de Cuvée

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  5/4/2024 - essenceofreal wrote: 91 Points

  Yea not seeing this the same as others here. Seriously this bottle was average at best but nice nose.
  
  Drank from a Riedel Chablis glass, bubbles faded fast. No bueno. Also as I was removing the foil the cork exploded out of the bottle. Was intense. Happened in the restaurant, never found the cork!! Crazy.
  
  Followed over several hours. In the beginning 90/91 points at best. After another hour or 2 improved.
  
  Apricot on initial taste and peaches, some sour apple, brioche but still felt disjointed. Maybe just too young and in 10 years it will reveal itself to be somewhat drinkable? Only time will tell.
  
  NOTE we didn't even finish half the bottle! Three of us. What a joke. Was so uninspiring we went on the reds after a small glass.
  
  All in all seemed like a decent wine yet also seemed kinda meh and messed w your head begging you to ask this for more complexity.
  
  I usually am a fan of Vilmart. Would love to try the 12 in comparison. I have a bottle of the 02 will have to drink to see what this is like w some proper age..... to be continued.

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  4/27/2024 - GrapeScott wrote: 94 Points

  I'm a pretty big Vilmart fanboy but had never had the opportunity to taste their Coeur de Cuvee until now, thanks to the generosity of my friend Mike, who shared his only bottle with us. Laser focused, with a prominent streak of lemon and minerals at its core. Bone dry but not austere, with a spritely mousse and long citrusy finish. One could fault this a bit for being one dimensional but what a dimension it is.

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  3/20/2024 - MaxRad wrote: 95 Points

  super fresh and silky smooth. Perhaps almost too pure a taste.

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  2/4/2024 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  Vilmart--Emotion and Coeur de Cuvee (select vintages), the meal anchored by Astrid (My House In The South OC): December 2020 disgorgement. Opened earlier in the day, gave it a good taste with a temp of 67f. My first impression was a big amount of chalky mouthfeel, crushed rocks, lemon and ginger, with an electric character. With some air and sitting in the glass it now exhibits the consistent profile of what I think of for CdC: tangerine and chalk, with brisk lime, and perhaps because of the vintage, pineapple and orange oil. Over dinner much later, retasted again with several small pours, the wine has softened and melded into something more seductive. Rich yet intense. Sweet lime, honeyed sliced green apple with fresh grated lime zest and a creamy profile with some wet rock in the finish. We tasted the 2009 within the same flight and the 2013 reminds me of the 2009 a lot. Gorgeous vintage for Coeur de Cuvee, but hey, this is the gift of Vilmart......retasted yet again on Day 2 from what was leftover. Quiet setting, no food, a good focus to really get one last impression of the 2013. This is really a lot like the 2009, which affirms my perceptions now 2 days in a row. The 2013 has that same pineapple/mint that crosses, in tandem these are delicious. Where the 2013 diverges from 2009 is in the weight--it feels lighter in the 2013, with the 2009 just a few degrees more seductive. Then, caramel covered green apple on a stick, drizzled with mandarin orange. I believe in the end the acidity of the 2013 is just a touch higher than 2009, yielding a wine that seems a little more coiled. Fantastic....and what the heck, still had another glass leftover on Day 3 and the wine is just cruising right along with everything the 2009 is, but the lime zest and structure that elevates its energy. Awesome stuff.

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  1/14/2024 - peternelson Likes this wine:

  As usual, this was bright, mineral, a bit austere. Maybe needs 5-10 years? Always interesting but rarely my fav. EWG retrospective tasting dinner at Conrad's

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