In the glass
Aroma: floral notes, hazelnut, chestnut bread, fresh mango
Palate: creamy feel, full-bodied finesse, baked goods, mandarin pulp, candied chestnut
A vintage Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs prestige cuvee: floral notes with hazelnut and chestnut bread over a creamy, full-bodied palate of baked goods, mango and candied chestnut.
What it pairs with
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Oysters
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Racy chalk and citrus meet the brine of oysters. -
Turbot
Creamy finesse and minerality frame fine white fish. -
Aged Comte
Hazelnut and chestnut notes meet the nutty cheese.
History
Cuvee Louis is Billecart-Salmon's vintage Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, drawing on Chardonnay from the Cote des Blancs for a more powerful prestige expression.
- 2006 — Cuvee Louis Blanc de Blancs established as the vintage prestige Chardonnay
Facts
- Producer
- Champagne Billecart-Salmon
- Grapes
- Chardonnay (100%)
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Cold fermentation; Grand Cru Chardonnay, long lees ageing
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 150 to 230 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10 to 30 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2006
Scores
- Vinous 94 (2012 vintage, reviewed 2023)