(Vilmart & Cie "Cuvée Création" Brut) ($141.00) Disgorged 2/10. Slight reduction at first, and then has a candied edgy quality this cuvée sometimes shows; it’s not as fondue as the rest of the range. The palate is lively in a sweet-tart and firmly angular way. It has more fiber, more crust, but it softens in the glass and resolves into a seductively balsam-y finish. The final finish of this almost extinct wine...
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(Vilmart & Cie "Cuvée Création" Brut) ($141.00) Disgorged 2/10. Slight reduction at first, and then has a candied edgy quality this cuvée sometimes shows; it’s not as fondue as the rest of the range. The palate is lively in a sweet-tart and firmly angular way. It has more fiber, more crust, but it softens in the glass and resolves into a seductively balsam-y finish. The final finish of this almost extinct wine...2011 Champagne Catalog, 6/1/2011, (See more on Terry Theise Estate Selections...)