Guide VERON des Champagnes 2019
(around
32 euros per bottle)
Sober
and luxurious presentation.
Aspect:
Golden and brilliant.
Fine and dynamic bubbles.
Fine bead of foam.
Nose:
Radiant complexity, thanks to the long period
between disgorgement and shipment.
The majority of Chardonnay (70%) immediately
reveals its elegance with scents of apple and pear, and then of peach and
apricot.
Generous aromas of pastries and gingerbread
then take us, characteristic signs of 10 months of ageing of the base wines in
oak casks and 3 years of ageing on laths of the bottles, before riddling and
disgorgement.
Later, the Pinot Noir (30%) becomes more
confident with heady fragrances of red and black fruits, delicately spicy.
Palate:
Lively and dense opening, definitely the
signature of the old plots of vine (30 years old) in which the grapes were
meticulously harvested by hand in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Beautiful vitality, enhanced by the tasty
tension and highlighted by the radiant minerality and the ethereal
effervescence.
We find again the red fruits at the end,
underlined by a life-giving breath.
Very great length on the palate.
For this cuvée Grand Cellier, Laurent Champs, cellar master of the Champagne
house Vilmart & Cie, was able to compose the inspired blending of
varietals, terroirs and vintages, to
sign a rare champagne, between finesse and reserved power.
To taste from aperitif to meal, with a
duckling fillet caramelized with wild blackberries, for example.
At the head of the Champagne house Vilmart
& Cie since 1990, Laurent Champs cultivates his 11 hectares vineyard
certified Ampélos and Haute Valeur Environnementale, without using chemical
fertilizers, nor herbicide, nor insecticide. The Chardonnay (60%) and the Pinot
Noir (40%) planted in the Premiers Crus of Rilly-la-Montagne and
Villers-Allerand, carefully vinified with passage of the base wines in wood and
stop of the malolactic fermentation, are the source of around 110,000 bottles
per year of a range of highly expressive champagnes.
Champagne
Vilmart & Cie
BP4 - 5 rue des Gravières
51 500 Rilly-la-Montagne
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 03 40 01
Email: vilmart@champagnevilmart.com
