2007 Billecart-Salmon, Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon, Rosé with Giftbox
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Wine Advocate96/100
Created in 1988 as a tribute to one of the houses founders, Elisabeth Salmon, Billecart-Salmon's iconic 2007 Millsime Brut Ros Cuve Elisabeth displays a beautifully radiant, shimmering orange-salmon color. The bouquet of this Pinot Noir/Chardonnay blend is as intense as it is delicate and vinous, displaying red and yellow-fleshed fruit intertwined with floral, chalky and citrus notes as well as a noble sur lie character. Round, lush and delicate on the palate, this is a highly elegant, charming, beautifully balanced ros with great finesse and amazingly fine grip on the long yet pure, tensioned, well-structured and stimulatingly salty finish. This ros Champagne is close to perfection! A small percentage of the Pinot Noirfrom old vines in the south-facing Valofroy parcel in Mareuil-sur-Awas vinified as red wine and added to give this unique color and vinosity. The other Pinots are sourced in the grand crus Verzenay and A, and the Chardonnay comes from grand crus in the Cte des Blancs, namely Chouilly, Avize and Mesnil-sur-Oger. Tasted in November 2018, from lot L 298A826 46572 that was disgorged in May 2018.
Stephan Reinhardt - 07/12/2018
Stephan Reinhardt - 07/12/2018
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This cuvée was created in 1988 to honour one of the House’s founders, Elisabeth Salmon. The “queen” of rosé Champagne, it is a blend of 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay. The wine spends 10 years on its lees, producing a wine of incredibly complexity. Its richness is balanced by chalky minerality. Blackcurrants, red berries and cherry stones are interweaved with lemon pith, peach skin and tarte tatin notes. The finish is a seamless wash of saline finesse and long-lasting minerality.
Davy yw, Champagne Buyer (January 2019)
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