2006 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grand Cellier Rubis

Community Tasting Notes (52) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  12/1/2022 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

  Served blind. Palest pink colour. So creamy and seductive.

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  11/4/2022 - brigcampbell wrote:

  Blind - 2004 and 2006 side by side - guessed these were Vilmart Emotion - close!
  
  06 - sweet perfume and cherry note - the Pinot dominates this profile
  
  04- muted nose with melon on the palate. Good balance and strawberry at the finish. Maple syrup starts creeping out as it warms.
  
  Note: love the rose but the dosage is beginning to turn me off a bit as I enjoy leaner rose these days

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  11/4/2022 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  Served alongside the 2006, both bagged/blind. Both for me seemed to be drinking very well. The 2006 seemed a bit more robust, a notch edgier than the 2004. The 2006 shows a mint, plus a ripe red fruit (akin to a strawberry) plus some tanginess that comes from raspberry. Both together reminded me of a red fruit compote. Red apple and what I jotted down as cinnamon. Overall, the 2006 is soft and juicy. With the 2004, it also shows the red apple of the 2006, but there is a melon note in the 2006, which was a call-out that Brig made. His comment and that feature reminds me a lot of the more recent iteration of the wine, which is now called Emotion. The 2006 shows the profile of a recent bottle of the 2013 Emotion, that melony, red-fruited, gentle yet concentrated profile. To me, the 2004 just showed a little bit better than the 2006, yet I do believe both are ready to drink.

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  1/30/2021 - acyso wrote: 95 Points

  This is just as good as I remember it being a few years ago. If anything, this wine is still on the upswing. A generous nose with a fair bit of oxidative character, but also some red fruit, followed by a palate that is fabulously broad. You can feel the oak here, but it's not obtrusive at all. A very rich, generously (or well-) dosed champagne that's drinking brilliantly now.

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  1/27/2021 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  Wines Done Blind (Zoom!): Tasted blind. This had some gold color against the usual rose tone. It looked aged to me, and it also had some features of being tired in the palate. Honey/caramel, baked apple, with some acid but not in balance nor tasting very good. This bottle had to be off, as this wine should taste, look and create joy, and yet for me it did none of those things. One of the rare times I found Vilmart to be sub-par.

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