In the glass
Aroma: fresh bread, citrus oil, crisp yellow orchard fruit, white flowers, verbena, macadamia nut
Palate: full-bodied, chiseled but fleshy, vinous fruit core, brisk acid
The house prestige cuvee: fresh bread and citrus oil over yellow orchard fruit, verbena and macadamia, full-bodied and chiseled with a vinous core cloaking brisk acids.
What it pairs with
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Lobster
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Fleshy vinous fruit and acidity meet sweet shellfish. -
Roast poularde
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Bread and macadamia notes echo roasted poultry. -
Aged Comte
Citrus-oil depth meets the nutty cheese.
History
Named for the house founder, Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart debuted with the 1959 vintage and was first released in 1964 as the maison prestige bottling.
- 1964 — First release of Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart, the 1959 vintage
Facts
- Producer
- Champagne Billecart-Salmon
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Cold fermentation; long lees ageing; Pinot-led prestige cuvee
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 130 to 200 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10 to 30 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1964
Scores
- Vinous 95 (2007 vintage, reviewed 2021)