Billecart Salmon Cuvée Louis Salmon Blanc de Blancs 2008

It is a champagne made from a blend of wines from vineyards planted exclusively with Chardonnay grapes from the famous Côte des Blancs terroir in Chouilly (40%), Cramant (33%), Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger (20%) and Avize (7%), all of which are Grands Crus and ranked at the top of the Champagne quality hierarchy.

It is a blanc de blancs champagne vintage 2008 exclusively of which 33% of the wines are vinified in oak barrels aged 15 years on average.

After bottling, the wine is put in deep cellars, protected from the light, at an almost constant temperature to age on laths for at least 11 years.

The color is pale gold with bright green reflections.

The nose reveals elegant aromas of yellow fruits such as peach, pear or mirabelle plum, sublimated by citrus pizzicati such as candied tangerine from Corsica or Italian Puglia, lemon from Menton or the conference pear or willam.

This vintage is of a racy purity with a chalky character.

The palate is majestic due to its prolonged and racy aging in aged oak barrels. The final note is an aromatic persistence that only great wines are capable of offering. An exceptional champagne for special occasions.

Food and wine pairing : to be served between 10-12°C as an aperitif or with fish or shellfish such as lobster or medallions of lobster from the Iroise Sea. Also perfect with a sweetbread from Corrèze or a creamy risotto with shellfish.

Bottles to be kept in a cellar protected from light and noise with a hygrometric degree of about 70%.

We suggest successive tastings in order to measure its olfactory and gustatory evolution until its qualitative asymptote.