Billecart Salmon - Rose Elizabeth Salmon 2012 (750ml)
Price: $254.99
| Producer | Billecart Salmon |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Varietal | Chardonnay, Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Sku | 70035 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Billecart Salmon Description
Created in 1988 as a tribute to one of the House’s founders, Elisabeth Salmon, this cuvée distinguishes itself through its refined purity of grandeur and unique character. This great, rare and sought-after wine subtly offers the signature of our top Pinot Noir and Chardonnay terroirs. Elisabeth Salmon 2012 highlights the full breadth of the savoir-faire required to blend the House’s rosé in an exceptional year.
Formulation
100% grand cru and premier cru
55% Chardonnay from Chouilly, Avize, Mesnil-sur-Oger and Cramant
45% Pinot Noir from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Aÿ and Ambonnay
Less than 10% of the Pinot Noir is vinified as red wine from grapes from old vines in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ with southern exposure 2.90% of the wines are vinified in oak casks
Aged on lees / in the cellar: 115 months
Dosage: 3.8g/l
Appearance: A very luminous visual presence with
sustained softly shimmering salmon pink reflections. A very
seductive blend with a resplendent brilliance and an elegant
effervescence symbolising the quest for perfect maturity.
Aroma: A refreshing, sensual expression of the senses,
redolent of red and black berries. The exquisite feel of a
rich and complex aromatic amplitude (bilberry, gooseberry,
peony). Beautifully refined, mature olfactory notes,
respectfully running the gamut of the inimitable scent of
fragrant roses and crystallised violets.
Palate: Tactile impact of restrained yet bewitching power
and, at the same time, finesse. The harmonious fulfilment
of delicious flavours and pastries (panettone, cherry
clafoutis). A delicate mouthfeel progressing towards a hint
of chalkiness in a long finish redolent of cedarwood and
blood orange jelly.
Tasting: A wine of remarkable refinement that signals
its personality with an immense delicacy of texture and
flavours. An aromatic charm of a rare mineral kind to
accompany lovely poultry with crayfish or a few royal
langoustines.
Vinous: 96 Points
The 2012 Brut Rosé Cuvée Elizabeth Salmon offers up hints of red berry fruit, ginger, spice, rosewater, mint and crushed flowers. There is a feeling of classic austerity that runs through the 2012. I would prefer to cellar this for at leas a few years, as it is quite reticent at this stage. Chalk, mint, white pepper ar bright saline accents linger on the pointed finish. Dosage is 3.8 grams per liter. Disgorged: first trimester 2023.
- By Antonio Galloni on March 2024
