Billecart-Salmon Vintage 2009 Magnum
HK$ 1,656.73
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Disgorged with two grams per liter dosage, Billecart-Salmon's 2009 Extra Brut Vintage is more giving and demonstrative than its 2008 counterpart, offering up inviting aromas of crisp stone fruit, yellow apple, brioche, honeycomb and warm pastry. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, with a pillowy mousse and a generous core of fruit girdled by bright acids, it's seamless and complete. Indeed, such is its charm and persistence that I tend to prefer it, at least for now, to the 2008.
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Alcohol
12.0%
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Between 8ºC and 10ºC
Winemaking
Minimum ageing of 8 years in bottle before disgorgement.
Description
Billecart-Salmon Vintage is an intense and seductive champagne, made from a carefully studied blend that brings out the personality of the great Pinots Noirs champenois. This wine incorporates the elegance and subtlety of the Grands Crus Chardonnays from the Côte des Blancs and a distinctive touch of Meunier from the Vallée de la Marne.
The wine is composed of 85% Grands and Premiers crus, with 62% Pinot Noir, 24% Chardonnay and 14% Meunier. These come from varied origins such as Montagne de Reims, Côte des Blancs and Vallée de la Marne. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks and is matured on the lees in the bottle for 89 months. The wine is disgorged with a final dosage of 3 g/L of sugar.
Taste
Billecart-Salmon Vintage has a pale gold colour with bright yellow highlights and a fine effervescence. On the nose, it offers a delicious intensity of dried fruits and stone fruits (such as fresh hazelnuts and grapefruit pulp). With aeration, this wine develops exquisite pastry notes (raw butter, lemon cream), showing a controlled, pure, refreshing and refined aromatic expression. On the palate, it is a tense and charming tactile pleasure, with flavours of blueberries and cherries, amplified by the delicate texture of a slow, creamy bubble. It is a deeply sculpted Vintage, with a noble and distinctive character, ideal to enjoy to the full with a sea bream, citrus and avocado ceviche or a grilled foie gras with peach, verbena and rhubarb.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
| Bottles | Price | Complete box |
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| 1-5 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 6 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 7-11 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 12 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 13-17 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 18 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 19-23 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 24 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 25-29 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 30 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 31-35 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 36 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 37-41 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 42 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 43-47 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 48 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 49-53 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 54 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 55-59 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 60 bottles, Free shipping! |
Appellation Map
Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart Brut 2012
HK$ 1,700.31
Other vintages: 2008
Other sizes: Magnum
Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart Brut 2012 Magnum
HK$ 3,559.42
Other sizes: 75 cl.
