Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve [JS92][WS91][JD90][WE90]

Producer: Champagne Billecart-Salmon 
Region: Champagne, France 
Varietal: 40% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay 
Year: Non-Vintage 

James Suckling, 92 Points 

"Excellent clarity of fruit here with lemon and orange zest, sliced pears, fresh figs and walnuts. Saline components. Medium-bodied, sleek and fresh, with tight bubbles and bright acidity. Focused and refreshing." 

Wine Spectator, 91 Points 

"Firm and minerally, this well-knit Champagne layers flavors of grainy pear, preserved lemon, toast point and crystallized honey on a creamy mousse. Reveals hints of smoke and saline on the finish." 

Jeb Dunnuck, 90 Points 

"The first wine tasted in a short vertical to highlight the evolution of the NV Champagne Brut over the past several years, this release is from the 2016 vintage and is composed of 44% Meunier and 28% each Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, with 64% reserve wine, with 4% cask aging. Pouring a rich straw hue, it opens to generous and lightly toasty aromas of ripe red berries, caramel, and honeycomb. Medium to full-bodied, it’s ripe, rounded, expressive, and approachable, although it feels the touch of dosage in its texture as well as the suggestion of sweetness. Its fruit is ripe and long on the palate, with a hint of walnut skin on the long finish. It is certainly the classic, old school style, and compared to the other wines, has a bit broader shoulders. Its toasty touch likely comes from the malolactic fermentation that was permitted as opposed to oak." 

Wine Enthusiast, 90 Points 

"A blend of the three main Champagne varieties, this Champagne is full of fruit, texture and touches of maturity. It is an accessible wine, fresh but with a fine depth." 

Alcohol: 12% 

*Price and availability in store may vary. Vintage date may differ from pictured.