1997 Salon

Founder Eugène Aimé Salon set magnificent standards; only declaring the best years, only using the best fruit and only the oldest vines. The result its the sine qua non of Chardonnay Champagne. Now 1997 in most hands is a straight-forward attractive early drinking Champagne; in the hands of Salon, it is a masterpiece, youthful after a decade of slumber pre-disgorgement, flowery, with hazelnuts and brioche in the distance, a Proustian serenade in preparation, echoes of the salon culture of a more civilized era.
(Simon Field MW - BBR Buyer)