Champagne Billecart-Salmon "Elizabeth Salmon" Brut Rose (2008)

Billecart-Salmon
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SKU billecart_salmon_cuveeelizabeth_08
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Wine Type Sparkling
Appellation Champagne
Country France
Size 750ml
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Billecart-Salmon's strength is Rosé Champagne, and the winery produces this Elizabeth Salmon bottling only in the finest vintages. One of the very most thrilling Rosé Champagnes.

James Suckling98 Points "This is very vinous with aromas of iron, strawberries, old roses and geraniums. So aromatic. Full-bodied, really intense and layered with super dryness and depth. Lots of saline and spicy character at the end, such as clove and pepper, as well as hints of flowers and melted butter. Strawberry tart at the end. 17% in aged oak casks. Blend of 55% pinot noir from six villages (Mareuil sur Ay, Ay, Bouzy, Ambonnay, Verzenay and Verzy) and 45% chardonnay from three Grand Crus (Mesnil sur Oger, Cramant and Chouilly). 9% of the blend is red wine from a parcel in the village of Mareuil sur Ay. Drink now." #61 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021

Decanter: 98 Points "A superb vintage of this renowned prestige cuvée, this is made from a base of 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay, to which is added 9% of red wine. Despite ageing on its lees for 10 years, it remains almost shockingly youthful, its vividly primary flavours of red cherry, strawberry and nectarine wrapped up in a taut, tense frame. It’s silky in texture and intricately complex on the long, elegantly harmonious finish, underlined by a saline chalkiness, and it demonstrates all the requisite completeness and character for long ageing, promising a slow and dignified evolution to come.

Wine Type:
Sparkling
Appellation:
Champagne
Country:
France
Size:
750ml