Collection Vieilles Vignes 1999

£269.85 per case of 3 magnums

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“A truly magnificent wine – on one hand rich and multi-layered, but counterbalanced by intense notes of minerals, flowers and bread. Beautifully dissolved mousse and creamy, hazelnut flavours are wrapped around a core of vital, racy acidity and long, long brioche finish. After ten minutes in the glass this wine takes on almost Puligny mineral and floral notes – quite astonishing. Drink from now and until 2020.” Nick Adams MW

The Collection VV Blanc des Blancs cuvées are truly exceptional: they are only ever produced in selected great vintage years and only ever in magnum. This wine is dominated by the character of the great Chardonnay Grand Cru of Cramant, which Didier believes to be their finest vineyard holding. A minimum of 70% of this Champagne is always made from Grand Cru fruit – from Cramant and their other holding in Chouilly.

Above all, as the name suggests, the grapes selected are from the oldest plots in these vineyards – with a number of the parcels being over 80 years old. With meticulous selection and production procedures this cuvée is simply  astonishing in the breadth and depth of flavours, yet at the same time hauntingly refined and delicate.

Produced only in magnum, with 6 years on the lees, this is also the rarest of all the great Champagne Pierre Gimonnet cuvées. For the fi rst time, Didier has made a special allocation to armit – available in multiples of three, each magnum individually boxed.

Availability is still strictly limited and we would strongly recommend placing an early order.

“This great cuvée is made as an epitome of the Pierre Gimonnet & Fils style.”Didier Gimonnet