Billecart-Salmon Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne 750 ML

Description

100% Chardonnay from four grands crus on the Ctes de Blancs: Avize, Cramant, Chouilly and Mesnil-sur-Oger. An exceptionally elegant, silky and surprisingly delicate champagne. I was expecting power, but this is like a mouthful of shimmering ribbons. An unusual floral fragrance, like the elusive scent of lily of the valley in an early-morning garden. Rich citrus woven into baked pear, tingling with green-apple sherbet. The bubbles float over the wine like cashmere lace. Tremendous purity. And the wine develops in the glass in a way I was not expecting, becoming richer, more dense, beginning to taste of violets and fresh-churned pink clay, of bread-yeast starters and sleepy pools of candlelight.

93 pointsWine Advocate

Based on the 2015 vintage and dominated this year by Mesnil sur Oger, Billecart’s NV Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru was disgorged in July 2021 with seven grams per liter dosage. Exhibiting aromas of citrus oil, tart stone fruit, freshly baked bread and white flowers, it’s medium to full-bodied, pillowy and layered, its sweet core of fruit framed by racy acids and chalky structure.