The 2010 Brut Coeur de Cuvée remains one of the great surprises of this generally uneven vintage. Rich and explosive in the glass, the 2010 possesses stunning richness and precision from the very first taste. Lemon confit, exotic flowers, spice and tropical fruits build into a dizzying crescendo of aromas, flavors and textures. What a wine! Dosage is 7 grams per liter. Disgorged: January, 2017.

Disgorged in February 2017, this rendition of Vilmart's 2010 Coeur de Cuvée is still very tightly wound, unfurling in the glass with aromas of lemon oil, crisp green apples, white flowers and subtle hints of praline that has almost entirely integrated its framing of recently used wood. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, broad and vinous, with superb concentration, an electric line of acidity and a deep, tight-knit core, concluding with a long, tongue-tinglingly chalky finish. This is a superb Coeur de Cuvée, but it will need more time on cork to realize all its potential.

The 2010 Premier Cru Coeur de Cuvée is a composition of 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir from low-yielding, 60-year-old mass selections in the Les Blanches Voies plot in Rilly. Aged for ten months in one- to three-year-old barriques. Displaying ripe stone fruit aromas, the nose is deep, ripe and rich but also pure and fresh, with remarkable elegance. Very delicate and pure on the palate, this is a pretty long and expressive cuvée with a mineral, highly tensioned and almost steely finish. Still very young after the disgorgement in December 2016 but very promising. The 2010 was dosed as Brut. Tasted in April 2018.