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96
/ 100
James Suckling -
96
/ 100
The Wine Advocate -
96
/ 100
Falstaff -
18
/ 20
Jancis Robinson MW
Sparkling
Classification
Chardonnay / Pinot Noir
Variety
2009
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
France
Country
Champagne,
Region
13.5%
Alcohol %
Drink Now
Cellaring
Scores
96 / 100"Copper-orange color with aromas of grapefruit pith, cherry stones, dried roses, white pepper, pastries, walnuts and oyster shells. Refined and elegant with pretty, dried red and citrus fruit, layered with subtle spice and toast. Fine bubbles. Dry. 55% pinot noir from Mareuil-sur-Ay and Ay, and 45% Grand Cru chardonnay from Cote des Blancs, with 10% of pinot noir red wine. Dosage 7g/L. Disgorged in July 2021. Drink or hold."
- James Suckling
96 / 100
"Incorporating fully 10% still red wine, Billecart's 2009 Brut Rosé Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon is showing beautifully, delivering fragrant aromas of plums, stone fruits, petals, sweet spices and marzipan. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and elegant, it's seamless and pillowy, with bright acids and a pure, precise profile, concluding with a bright, saline finish. In 2009, it was vinified entirely in stainless steel. Drink 2022 - 2035. - William Kelley"
- The Wine Advocate
96 / 100
"A wonderfully open nose immediately presents ripe red currant framed by notions as various as fresh gingerbread, iron oxide, berry sherbet, orange peel, candied tangerine and caramel: richness and freshness united. The palate is smooth with fine, vivid effervescence that propels the wine’s inherent freshness continually to the surface, both countering and complementing a certain roundness, a certain gourmandise that shimmers with red fruit, ripe, aromatic citrus and stony spice. A most gastronomic Champagne that will evolve beautifully. A.K."
- Falstaff
18 / 20
"55% Pinot Noir from Aÿ and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ old vines. 45% grand cru Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs. 10% of the Pinot was vinifed as a still red wine. Dosage 7 g/l. Very pale glowing salmon-orange colour. Rich, complex, burnished copper (somehow) nose. Very luscious and seductive. Strawberry flavours but not sweet and simple at all. Creamy-smooth texture but with quite enough acidity – even in this ripe vintage – to keep this wine appetising and intriguing on the finish. Great stuff! A wine to send you to the table…"
- Jancis Robinson MW
Tasting Notes
Billecart Salmon is known within France and around the globe for fashioning the most elegant Champagnes.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity