An ideal blend allowing the personality of the Champagne region’s great Pinot Noirs to dominate, combined with the elegance and subtlety of Chardonnays.
The 2016 vintage undergoes a meticulous aging process on lees for a duration of 5 years. This exceptional blend comprises 66% Pinot Noir and 34% Chardonnay sourced exclusively from esteemed Grand Cru vineyards, ensuring unparalleled quality. A quarter of the wine is gracefully matured in oak barrels, imparting depth and complexity to the final composition. Bottled with a dosage of just 1.9g/L, it showcases a refined balance of flavors and textures, epitomizing the pinnacle of craftsmanship.
Billecart-Salmon's 2016 vintage continues the house's drive to creatively lower dosage levels, coming in with just 1.9g/L in this year of extreme weather. The 2016 will be at its best from mid-2024 but is already showing a mature clementine and juicy apricot fruitiness, warmed up with ground nuts and fragrant raspberry. Neat and slightly reticent on release, there is a subtle insistency here, and it will lengthen and unfurl with more time on cork. The most impressive of Billecart's recent vintage releases. Made with 100% grand cru fruit, 25% of which was vinified in small and large oak. Drink 2024 – 2030.