Vilmart - Champagner Grand Cellier d´Or Brut 1er Cru 2011

93+ THE WINEADVOCATE: "The 2011 Grand Cellier d´Or Premier Cru Brut offers a clear, pure and fresh bouquet with lemon, limes and very chalky/mineral flavors that seem to be a bit austere in their youth. Round, elegant and intense, with great finesse and persistence in the finish, this is a remarkable rich, complex and highly elegant Champagne. It has some nutty and lingering mineral flavors in the finish. Great ageing potential, with great precision and complexity. The blend is 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir, with 100% selection massale (45-years-old vines), and was disgorged in June 2015 with eight grams per liter of dosage." 91 ANTONIO GALLONI: "The 2011 Brut Grand Cellier d´Or is perhaps a touch slender relative to recent editions, but it does not suffer from the vegetal qualities that are so prevalent in this vintage. Lemon confit, orange blossom, spice and chamomile build to the creamy, sensual finish. I would prefer to drink the 2011 sooner rather than later, as it is a touch forward." - Dec 2016.