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NV Vilmart Grand Cellier

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Year: NV Appellation: Champagne Country: France Wine Advocate: 92 points. International Wine Cellar: 92 points. CellarTracker Rating: 90.7	$39.99
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2010
The NV Brut Premier Cru Grand Cellier is a great introduction to the house style. A warm, open bouquet leads to a core of generous fruit as the Grand Cellier opens up in the glass. Smoke, mint and flowers are some of the nuances that emerge over time, adding further shades of complexity. This is a superb NV bottling and is not to be missed. The Grand Cellier is 70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Noir, 50% 2007, 25% 2006 and 25% 2005, bottled with 10 grams of dosage. This is Lot L0609, disgorged June, 2009. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2015. 92 points.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Nov/Dec 2009
($72; 70% chardonnay and 30% pinot noir; disgorged February, 2009) Light yellow with a fine bead. An exotically perfumed bouquet offers scents of pear nectar, orange, honeydew, toasty lees and minerals. Suave, palate-coating orchard and pit fruit flavors are underscored by smoky minerals and, picking up notes of allspice and cinnamon with air. At once creamy and nervy, showing seductive spiciness and a hint of sweetness on the back end. Very rich but by no means heavy, thanks to its strong finishing cut and minerality and striking clarity. 92 points.