Vilmart & Cie, Grand Cellier D'Or

Vilmart & Cie, Grand Cellier D'OrThe 2013 Brut Grand Cellier d'Or is ample and beautifully expansive on the palate. Over the last year, the 2013 has acquired pretty tropical overtones that add exoticism to the lemon confit and floral notes. More than anything else, though, the 2013 is a Champagne of impeccable harmony and balance. Suave and polished to the core, the 2013 is a fabulous choice for drinking now and over the next handful of years, give or take. Disgorged, November, 2017.

the wine fills out

Prost jokingly refers to this parcel as “Montrachet du haute pente”

sunny weather during the summer and into the harvest

Quite a bit of grunt

A very subtle hint of wood frames pure and relatively elegant red and blue pinot fruit aromas that introduce delicious mineral-inflected flavors that possess good detail and punch

saline and well-defined

from two vineyards with stone terraces at Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos

It's ripe but without the perfect ripeness of a great vintage

This is aromatically similar to the Baudes except it’s spicier still

2008 was the first vintage where it was declared separately)

with outstanding depth and a hint of youthful bitterness to the superconcentrated flavors of black raspberry and spices

with an exuberant