Vilmart--Emotion and Coeur de Cuvee (select vintages), the meal anchored by Astrid (My House In The South OC): The cork stamp says 2010, so that may be the disgorgement year. I heard a # of positive comments about this wine last night, and fortunately I have enough for another glass tonight, so I can get one final impression. But, from last night's notes, at almost 24 years old, this remains fresh and lively. Yeah, some of the color has gone gold, but the flavor has not tired at all. Lime chew, juicy stone fruit, and a little light apple oxidation with persistent citrus to keep it lively........retasted again on Day 2 from what was leftover, and there is good CO2 remaining, too. Man, this is nice for a 20+ year old Champagne. Honeyed golden apple, toffee, savory lime and peach. Just a touch thick in texture but I don't mind it here. I'm feeling good that I was able to share this within a Vilmart dinner and have a # of people enjoy it, with one person saying to me today that he thought this might turn out to be one of the best wines he will have in 2024. Nice. And thank you to Steve Nordhoff who gifted me this back in 2018--thanks, brother.
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Pre-National Day drinks at Maison Dakota. Drank in Gabriel Standart. Quite oxidative with caramel, marzipan, and lots of orange flavours. Not rated and I reserve judement.
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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...
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2/17/2024 - Vinomark wrote: 96 Points
Stunning aged bubbles. Paired with JR’s scallop crudo, halibut & lobster & caviar apps.
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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): The cork stamp says 2010, so that may be the disgorgement year. I heard a # of positive comments about this wine last night, and fortunately I have enough for another glass tonight, so I can get one final impression. But, from last night's notes, at almost 24 years old, this remains fresh and lively. Yeah, some of the color has gone gold, but the flavor has not tired at all. Lime chew, juicy stone fruit, and a little light apple oxidation with persistent citrus to keep it lively........retasted again on Day 2 from what was leftover, and there is good CO2 remaining, too. Man, this is nice for a 20+ year old Champagne. Honeyed golden apple, toffee, savory lime and peach. Just a touch thick in texture but I don't mind it here. I'm feeling good that I was able to share this within a Vilmart dinner and have a # of people enjoy it, with one person saying to me today that he thought this might turn out to be one of the best wines he will have in 2024. Nice. And thank you to Steve Nordhoff who gifted me this back in 2018--thanks, brother.
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9/23/2023 - Eric wrote:
Jason's birthday and old Bordeaux (Newcastle, WA): Started a bit funky, improved with air. Was a bit tired though, not quite what I was hoping for.
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8/8/2021 - Derek Darth Taster wrote:
Pre-National Day drinks at Maison Dakota. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Quite oxidative with caramel, marzipan, and lots of orange flavours.
Not rated and I reserve judement.
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3/6/2020 - western Likes this wine: 95 Points
Still in amazing condition. Lovely brioche, biscuit, citrus. Fabulous fine bead, great fruit and long long finish.
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