Vilmart - Champagner Coeur de Cuvee Brut 1er Cru (Late Release - Degorgiert Januar 2018) 2009

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Disgorged in May 2016, Vilmart's 2009 Coeur de Cuvée is predictably superb, wafting from the glass with a lovely bouquet of lemon oil, verbena, dried white flowers, walnut oil and wet stones. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and fleshy but precise, with a voluminous mousse, incisive acids, superb concentration and more energy and tension than many examples of this vintage - no doubt amplified by Vilmart's use of only the best press fraction for this bottling - concluding with a long, elegantly chalky finish. The blend is 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir. This is a wine that merits ardent pursuit."