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Vilmart et Cie, Rose Emotion Rose 1er Cru Brut, 2016

Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France
by Vilmart et Cie
$217.99
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One of Champagne's most prestigious grower estates, Vilmart has been family-owned since 1890 and is renowned for wines of exceptional depth and longevity. Based in the Premier Cru village of Rilly-la-Montagne, they farm just 11 hectares with meticulous care. Émotion Rosé is made in the traditional saignée method—brief skin contact with Pinot Noir rather than blending in red wine—producing a rosé of genuine vinosity and structure. The 2016 vintage has had years to develop complexity, offering layers of wild strawberry, brioche, and citrus with a fine, persistent mousse. Serious rosé Champagne for the connoisseur.

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Antonio Galloni

94 points

"The 2016 Brut Rose Emotion is stellar, even better than it was last year. There`s gorgeous textural breadth and intensity to complement the finesse that is such a signature here. Cranberry, blood orange peel and brisk saline notes build nicely over time. This is a wine of tremendous character." —Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

93 points

"Aged in one- to three-year-old 228-liter barrels from Tonnellerie Rousseau, Vilmart’s 2016 Emotion is a blend of 40% Pinot Noir (including 15% red wine) from Villers-Allerand and 60% Chardonnay from Rilly-la-Montagne. Disgorged in October 2023 with a dosage of eight grams per liter, this wine greets the nose with a highly aromatic bouquet of red berries, blood orange and spices. On the palate, it’s full-bodied, textured and enveloping, with ripe yet vibrant acidity and structuring phenolics that assert themselves on the long, perfumed finish. Gastronomic yet harmonious, this wine has the potential to age beautifully. As with all of Vilmart’s wines, it is vinified without malolactic fermentation, preserving its tension." —Robert Parker's

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More about Vilmart et Cie

Vilmart is on the Burgundian end of the Champagne spectrum. Older examples of his top wines come to taste a lot like a mature Chevalier-Montrachet with fermentation and aging in barrels. But unlike a true C-M Vilmart blocks the malos, retaining great mineral tension. Aside from their rosé, the wines are dominated by Chardonnay—and not the pencil-lead Chardonnay of the Côte des Blancs, but the more generous Chard that you get on the Montagne de Reims where the black grapes tend to be more dominant.

More important than these "technical" details, Vilmart is obsessed with good vineyard work, has plenty of low-yielding older vines, and happens to make really delicious wines. Taste and you will learn. And if you have already learned, you will almost certainly want to taste some more!

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    Champagne , 2016

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Crisp , Elegant

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine:

100% Sauvignon Blanc

From two vineyards in Casablanca Valley: Belén & El Principal

Includes some of the region’s original plantings dating back to 1982

Sandy, clay & granitic soils

Hand harvested

Fermented in stainless steel

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Grilled salmon, Cured ham, Herb salads, Gazpacho, Light seafood appetizers

Tasting Profile

Vilmart et Cie Rose Emotion Rose 1er Cru Brut 2016 shows strawberry, citrus, and floral aromas with mineral notes. Light-medium body with vibrant acidity and fine bubbles; the finish is elegant and dry with red fruit persistence.

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