2018 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grand Cellier d'Or

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90 points

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  1/2/2024 - brigcampbell wrote:

  Okay, this caught me off guard. This presents it’s self like a lean mean grower champagne. It’s very angular and wrapped up in lean tartness. I like that style, LOL, but hopefully another 5 years in the cellar will round this one out.

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  1/1/2024 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  Annual NYE Dinner and Champagne (My House): Disgorged July 2021. Is it me or is this cuvee seeing shorter sur latte time? I had thought these were typically 4 years after tirage? Doing the math here, this is only about 2 years? Hmm. I'm a devoted drinker of this cuvee and have been for a decade so was eager to see how the warmer year would reflect. Of note, and I wasn't begging the outcome, there is some austerity here. Grapefruit, lime peel and even some cranberry. Cranberry? Yes, I swear it's here. And yes, the expected tangerine and apple is also here. With air, this does add some richness, so the apple has some caramel on it, and some orange emerges, along with pineapple. But still the tension of the earlier tastes remains, the tarter edge, which I do like a lot. Man, the last few vintages of GCdO (notably 2016 and 2017) have all for me shows some cool edges.

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  10/28/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 89 Points

  La Fête du Champagne Grand Tasting (Pier Sixty - New York NY): Walkaround tasting with the producers. 80% Chard, 20% PN. More complex wine, less fun than the NV, more tension on finish. Good potential.

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  9/13/2023 - WetRock wrote:

  Really wound up. So tight I thought maybe Vilmart had gone no dose. An hour or two help some. A night in the fridge helps more. Reduction initially but that fades, mostly. Notes of creme brulee, pineapple, apple, ginger and lemon. Even grippy. Never as rich as you might expect for the vintage and dosage. That could change with time and this needs some time for me. It will be worth the wait.

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  3/21/2022 - GevreyChambertin wrote: 93 Points

  Exceptional champagne. Big green apple notes. Similar in style to Krug, but not quite as bone dry. Great balance, easy drinking, good value.

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