Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart Brut 2008
HK$ 1,636.85
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2008 Brut Cuvée Nicolas François was disgorged during the third quarter of 2022 with less than three grams per liter. It has a delicate, pure, clean bouquet with aromas of orchard fruits, spring flowers, honey and licorice, with hints of brioche and pastry with aeration. Medium to full-bodied, chiseled and crystalline, with racy acids and a chalky texture, the palate is tense and the finish is long, penetrating and salty. It exhibits perfect Billecart style, yet tension is present, a sign of the vintage. It is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir (sourced from Aÿ, Mareuil and Verzenay) and 40% Chardonnay from Mesnil, Chouilly and Cramant, and it matured 83% in tanks and 17% in old oak barrels.
Features
Style
Occasions
Winery
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
12.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 8ºC and 10ºC
Winemaking
Partial alcoholic fermentation (20%) in barrels. Minimum ageing of 10 years in bottle before disgorgement.
Description
Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart Brut is a blend of two great grape varieties, Pinot Noir sourced exclusively from the Montagne de Reims and Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs, produced by the Billecart-Salmon winery.
Winemaking
For the Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart Brut, the best grapes are hand-picked individually and separately in the Grand and Premier Crus villages for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
Part of the vinification is carried out in traditional barrels and a second fermentation takes place where the wine matures on its lees for 10 years.
Throughout the whole process we try to maintain the varietal characteristics of the grapes and guarantee a slow process where the aromas are extracted and the maximum expression of the varieties is preserved.
Taste
The nose has a good intensity of floral, spicy and mineral aromas. On the palate it is powerful and long, with a moderate and controlled strength, fresh acidity, optimal balance and a superbly integrated carbonic. An exceptional champagne!
A blend of two distinguished, balanced and mature varieties.
This champagne was created in 1964 in honour of the founder of the Billecart-Salmon winery and is the fruit of a blend of grands crus from the communes of the Montagne de Reims and the Côte des Blancs.
Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart Brut is the expression of the best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards- a unique and sensory experience!
On a gastronomic level Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon Brut Rosé is perfect to enjoy in pleasant company and is sure to enhance dishes such as seafood, blue fish, crabs, lobsters, scallops sautéed with hazelnuts or a delicious rack of suckling veal with chanterelles.
Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart Brut is a world-renowned champagne! Do you dare to try it?
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
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