2012 | Billecart-Salmon | Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon Brut Rose

Sparkling Wine: 2012 | Billecart-Salmon | Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon Brut Rose

Sleek and elegant, with a seamless knit, this is finely textured, with the raw silklike mousse carrying flavors of peach skin, white cherry and toast point that show hints of white blossoms, pickled ginger and oyster shell through the lasting finish.

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Producer: Billecart-Salmon

Ratings: WE | 95 JS | 97

Vintage: 2012

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Champagne Blend

Country/Region: France, Champagne

Sleek and elegant, with a seamless knit, this is finely textured, with the raw silklike mousse carrying flavors of peach skin, white cherry and toast point that show hints of white blossoms, pickled ginger and oyster shell through the lasting finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Enthusiast: First produced in 1988 and made only in top years, this Champagne is named after the producers founder. With age (more than nine years on lees), it has developed a patina of toastiness and roundness. There is a toasty character that chimes with this fine wines crisp texture.

• James Suckling: This has a lovely copper color with aromas of cloves, spiced apples, raspberries, gingerbread and pastries. Delicious yeasty and spicy undertones. Excellent density and focus, with fine and firm bubbles, yet its light on its feet and so fresh. Long, chalky and salty at the end. Chardonnay and pinot noir. 3.8g/L dosage. Drink or hold.

Producer Information

Billecart-Salmon is a Champagne house located in the village of Mareuil-sur-A in northern France, founded in 1818 after the marriage of Nicolas Franois Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier all feature in the house cuve. The range is broad, encompassing a Brut Reserve and Ros, Extra Brut, Demi-Sec, Brut Sous Bois, Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru and the Cuve Nicolas Franois Billecart. The pinnacle of the collection is the vintage Le Clos Saint Hilaire, a blanc de noirs Champagne from vines planted in 1964. The grapes come from a single-hectare plot, which is isolated and enclosed within a wall of stone (or a clos). It is aged in small Burgundian barrels and no more than 7000 bottles are produced each year. In the vineyard, Billecart-Salmon uses some biodynamic principles and eschews the use of pesticides and herbicides. Yields are kept low to increase the quality of the grapes. In the winery, the juice is racked twice a practice that was revolutionary for Champagne when the house began doing it. Dosage is typically low, and if it is not needed in one particular year, it is simply not used. The wines age underground within the Billecart-Salmon limestone cellars in oak barrels, the oldest of which are reserved for the grand cru cuves.