Vilmart - Champagner Grande Reserve Brut 1er Cru

Bewertungen

• 92/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  The NV Champagne 1er Cru Grande Reserve Brut is 70% Pinot Noir and the rest Chardonnay based on the 2021 vintage. Revealing a bright yellow hue, it’s a lovely entry to this range with aromas of orange custard, shortbread, strawberries, and fresh flowers. Medium-bodied, it fills the palate and has a rich, silky texture, a clean, citrus-noted finish, and a refined mousse that frames it beautifully. Drink over the next 8-10 years. It was disgorged in July 2023."

• 92/100

  James Suckling
  A blend of pinot noir (70%) and chardonnay (30%), this has a profound sense of harmony on both the nose and palate. Aromas of grilled nuts, pepper and lightly spiced wild raspberry fruits are pristine, leading to a palate that has beautifully supple, fleshy texture. The acidity is assertive, not harsh; the depth, balance and concentration is really something. Drink now whilst fresh or up to three years."

• 91/100

  Wine Spectator
  A vibrant Champagne, with a firm frame of acidity well-meshed with flavors of crushed white cherry, tangerine peel, oyster shell and blanched almond. Fine and creamy. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Disgorged September 2024. Drink now. 750 cases imported."

• 91/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  Based on the 2020 vintage with 50% of reserve wines from the previous two years, the Vilmart Grand Réserve NV is a 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay blend that is barrel fermented with ten months on lees prior to second fermentation and disgorgement December 2022. It was finished with an eight grams per liter dosage. Burnished gold with columns of exuberant bubbles, it opens with slightly oxidative notes of bruised apple that give way to fresh Anjou pear, white grapefruit peel, verbena blossoms and toast. Medium-bodied with incisive acid freshness and subdued orchard fruit, it finishes with a long, mineral note."

• 91/100

  Falstaff
  Goldgelb, lang anhaltendes feines Mousseux. Spannende Frucht nach gereifter Birne und Aprikose, kandierte Trockenfrüchte, Orange und Ingwer, pfeffrig mit feiner Briochenote. Ziselierende rassige Säure mit eleganter Frische und feiner Extraktsüße, cremig anhaftend mit feingliedriger Mineralik, im Nachgeschmack zart nussig und würzig mit großer Länge und Eleganz."

• 90/100

  The Wine Advocate
  With equal parts of the 2022 base vintage and reserve wines (from 2021 and 2020), the latest release of Vilmart & Cie’s NV Grande Réserve was disgorged in July 2024 with a dosage of six grams per liter. Heavily based on Pinot Noir and vinified in large foudres, some as old as 50 years, it offers up aromas of peach, ripe lemon and pear. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with an expressive profile, laden with tangy acidity, it concludes with a long, expansive finish. Compared to Vilmart’s premium NV Grand Cellier, the Grande Réserve is a more generous, charming style of cuvée, which can be attributed to its powerful Pinot Noir component."

• 16,5/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Quite a colour and density. Dry finish but lots of interest and detail on the way there. Finesse is arguably not its strong point, but intrigue definitely is. Long and reverberant."