1996 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Cuvée Creation

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  11/4/2022 - brigcampbell wrote:

  Blind - guessed ‘96 Vilmart for the ‘95 and thought the ‘96 was a ‘08 Cristal.
  
  Tasted the 95 and 96 blind side by side. What a contrast, as FMII said, “vintage matters”.
  
  ‘95 is much darker, a brass color while the ‘96 is bright and youthful.
  
  ‘95 aromas of bruised apple while the ‘96 leans towards green and red apple.
  
  95 palate of apple and yellow pear with a good zip of acid at the finish. ‘96, wow is this fresh and vibrant with red apple on the attack and then angular lemon and great acid. Good concentration.
  
  When the bags were pulled and I saw the label I thought “WTF are these!” LOL awesome treat.

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  11/4/2022 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  We did the 1995 and 1996 together. They were served blind to the group (although I brought the 1995 so not blind to me). The 1996 showed a savory aroma, what Steve called 'old brie', which I thought was spot on. In terms of freshness, both had plenty of that quality, notable for these two wines that are already 25+ years old. And the colors on these were fine, with maybe a touch of gold on each but still fresh in color, too. My own assessment was that the 1995 was more composed and seamless, with golden apple, and what Brig called apple pie spice. And in the 1995, the apple, peaches/stone fruit was showing nicely and the acidity of tangerine was more complementary that dominant. In contrast, the 1996 shows a distinct imprint of lime acidity, plus the chalk and the green apple much more zesty and brighter than the yellow apple of the 1995. And the 1996 has a candied orange chew finish. In sum, to me both delicious but the vintage shows when side by side, and for me the 1995 more composed and integrated and the 1996 brighter and edgier.

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  1/1/2020 - aChave Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Fantastic. Clean, elegant.

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  8/12/2019 - western Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Last bottle!

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  9/16/2018 - David_K wrote:

  So thick you could cut it with a knife, but through it all retains a strong line of acid to keep it lively. Youthful and with little secondary development. Absolutely lavish in style but not sloppy. Still, it strikes me as more yummy than profound.

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