Billecart-Salmon - Brut Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart 2008 (1.5L)
Price: $524.99
| Producer | Billecart-Salmon |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir, Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Sku | 69740 |
| Size | 1.5L |
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Vinous: 96 Points
Wine Advocate: 96 Points
The 2008 Brut Cuvée Nicolas François was disgorged ... with less than three grams per liter. It has a delicate, pure, clean bouquet with aromas of orchard fruits, spring flowers, honey and licorice, with hints of brioche and pastry with aeration. Medium to full-bodied, chiseled and crystalline, with racy acids and a chalky texture, the palate is tense and the finish is long, penetrating and salty. It exhibits perfect Billecart style, yet tension is present, a sign of the vintage. It is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir (sourced from Aÿ, Mareuil and Verzenay) and 40% Chardonnay from Mesnil, Chouilly and Cramant, and it matured 83% in tanks and 17% in old oak barrels.
Billecart-Salmon’s style is one of elegance, purity and delicate freshness. Low fermentation temperatures preserve purity and expressive fruit, and malolactic fermentation is systematically blocked. An expanded barrel program has been established since the arrival of Mathieu Roland-Billecart in 2018, with a focus on the best terroirs for the Brut Réserve or Brut Sous Bois. The 2005 is not a highly rated vintage in Champagne; with a dry winter and heavy rain in July, botrytis developed strongly. However, in Mr. Roland-Billecart’s view, “The Clos Saint Hilaire parcel vineyard produced beautiful fruit that deserved to be bottled as a vintage.”
Wine Spectator: 94 Points
A vibrant Champagne, with vivid acidity enmeshed with the lacy mousse, creating a fine frame for flavors of black currant and apricot fruit, preserved lemon, toast and ground coffee. Reveals minerally hints of oyster shell and brine that linger on the finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
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