In the glass
Aroma: white flowers, lemon, fresh almond, chalk
Palate: citrus, creamy texture, saline tension, precise finish
A Grand Cru Chardonnay of cold-fermented precision: white flowers and lemon over chalk, with creamy texture cut by saline tension and a precise finish.
What it pairs with
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Oysters
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Saline chalk and citrus meet the brine of oysters. -
Sole
Racy tension and minerality frame delicate white fish. -
Goat cheese
White-flower lift balances fresh cheese.
History
Billecart-Salmon's Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs draws on Cote des Blancs Chardonnay, vinified with the cold, slow fermentation that defines the house.
- 1818 — House founded at Mareuil-sur-Ay by the Billecart and Salmon families
Facts
- Producer
- Champagne Billecart-Salmon
- Grapes
- Chardonnay (100%)
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Cold, slow fermentation; Grand Cru Cote des Blancs Chardonnay
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 80 to 120 at retail
- Drinking window
- now to 10 from release
- First vintage
- 1818
Scores
- Vinous 92