2003 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grand Cellier d'Or

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  10/4/2015 - rnellans wrote: 93 Points

  Rich. Nice balance. Apple, brioche, nice structure. Creamy. So easy to drink.

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  6/12/2014 - kthornton78 wrote:

  still very fresh with citrus curd and saline on the nose. flavors of lemon and apple with prominent richness from the oak. a little 'angular' with a bit of an edge. perhaps slightly bitter on the back end...

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  4/19/2011 - rnellans wrote: 93 Points

  Very nice. Citrus, apples..not a lot of brioche, but clean, good acid and will age.

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  12/9/2010 - kthornton78 wrote: 92 Points

  nice nose with bread dough and a slight note of mushroom. richness balanced by moderate acidity. creamy with green apples and white flowers. previous bottle was more floral with a note of coconut which is absent in this one.

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  11/12/2010 - jvogel wrote:

  This Champagne just floors me every time I taste it. So rich, yet so effortless in the way it carries itself across the palate. It cuts a broad swath across the palate, and is both relenting and unrelenting simultaneously. It grips when and where it needs to grip, and then glides away silk-like on the finish, leaving a Breyer's vanilla with poached pear and slivered almond finish that never quits. Not a boatload of acid here, but acid is somewhat out of context in 2003 I think. This is about how unbridled richness is saddle-broke. How the usual suspects of lemon and apple are balanced against the luxury of dried apricot and coconut lactones. More wine than Champagne, really (ignore statement's irony), and so much better for it.

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