VILMART & CIE CHAMPAGNE BRUT 1ER CRU GRAND CELLIER D'OR 2020
VILMART & CIE CHAMPAGNE BRUT 1ER CRU GRAND CELLIER D'OR 2020
11 in stock
Couldn't load pickup availability
Click Here for a Description of Product
Click Here for a Description of Product
Laurent Champs runs fifth-generation Vilmart & Cie from Rilly-la-Montagne, farming 11 hectares across 10 parcels using organic methods his father pioneered biodynamically in the 1890-founded domaine. Grand Cellier d'Or 2020 sources 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir from 50-plus-year-old vines in the premier cru Blanches Voies lieu-dit—a privileged south-facing hillside with chalk and limestone soils that differs from Rilly's typical north exposure shared with Verzenay and Mailly grand crus. Fermented and aged in four-to-six-year-old barrels with blocked malolactic, then 42 months on lees with 7g/L dosage, this vintage champagne walks the line between hedonism and austerity with crisp acidic structure balanced by oak richness—Peter Liem calls Vilmart one of Champagne's finest producers of any type.
