Billecart-Salmon - Cuvee Louis 2006
Billecart-Salmon - Cuvee Louis 2006
Champagne
100% Chardonnay
Information
Cultivation: conventional
Bottle aging: 11 years on the lees
Volume: 75 cl
Cellaring potential: 2036+
Additional ratings:
96/100 vinous.com
96/100 wineenthusiast.com
95/100 falstaff.com
Tasting notes
Entirely sourced in top grand cru terroirs of the Côte des Blancs - namely in Avize (les Pierres Vaudon), Chouilly (Mont Aigu), Mesnil-sur-Oger (les Coullemets and Chétillon) and Cramant - the 2006 Millésime Brut Blanc de Blancs Cuvée Louis offers a generous, rich and chalky bouquet of ripe yellow and white-fleshed fruits and vanilla brioche as well as a remarkable purity, precision and freshness. Round and endlessly juicy on the palate, this is a highly elegant, seductive and wonderfully balanced Blanc de Blancs that reveals a concentrated, rich and persistent finish with intense fruit and a chalky texture. Fermented 5% in oak casks and disgorged in April 2018, after 11 years on the lees. 96/100 (12.2018) - robertparker.com
