Billecart-Salmon Louis Salmon Brut Blanc de Blancs 2008

Kalpea kullankeltainen väri. Tuoksu on Billecartille tyypillinen: elegantti ja tuoreen hedelmäinen. Lisäksi pitkän kypsytyksen ansiosta viinistä voi aistia kermaisuutta ja briossia. Suutuntumaltaan viini on kuiva, melko täyteläinen, raikkaan hapokas ja energinen.

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96/100p James Suckling: Complex and rich nose of dried apricot, lemon pith, dried pineapple, praline, hazelnut, white cocoa, chalk and nutmeg. Creamy and delicious fruit here, yet it’s mineral and refined with very fine, precise bubbles. Structured, with a sharp, persistent backbone of acidity. Long and very focused.

96/100p Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Disgorged in October 2020 with seven grams per liter dosage, the 2008 Brut Blanc de Blancs Cuvée Louis Salmon is showing beautifully, unfurling in the glass with scents of crisp yellow apple and stone fruits mingled with dried white flowers, freshly baked bread, buttery pasty and mandarin oil. Full-bodied, ample and fleshy, it's a textural, racy, penetrating wine endowed with considerable cut and concentration. It's derived from the villages of Cramant, Mesnil-sur-Oger and Chouilly, with the latter accounting for some 40% of the blend.

95/100p Vinous: The 2008 Brut Blanc de Blancs Louis Salmon (formerly the vintage Blanc de Blancs) and named after the maison’s first cellar master, is fabulous. Rich and ample, the 2008 is beautifully resonant in the glass. It offers up an enticing mélange of lemon confit, marzipan, dried flowers and spice. It’s a terrific 2008, especially for readers looking for a relatively affordable option to some of the super high-flyers in this celebrated vintage.

Perusviinistä osa kypsytetty tammitynnyreissä ja osa terästankeissa. Viini on viettänyt pullossa hiivasakan päällä 11 vuotta ennen korkinvaihtoa.