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Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé

Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé

The fresh and elegant champagne that was served at the Universal Exhibition in Paris
Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé
75 cl.
Magnum
90 Parker
93 Decántalo
93 Suckling
90 Decanter
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Details
12.00%
Alcohol 12.00%
Champagne
Production area Champagne
Champagne
Type of sparkling wine Champagne
Billecart-Salmon
Winery Billecart-Salmon
Contains sulphites
40% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir
Varieties 40% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir
8.0
Service 8.0

Tasting notes Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé

Champagne Brut. 36 months in bottle.

Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé is a dry champagne (with 9 g/L of sugar) that stands out for its elegance and subtlety. The nose is subtle and appetising, with notes of forest fruits and citrus peel. The palate is precise, with a raspberry finish and great freshness.

Style Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé
Dry
Sweet
Fruity
Creamy
Short ageing
Long ageing
Pairing
Aperitif, Sushi, Smoked foods, Fruity desserts

About Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé

One of the attractions and surprises on offer at the 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris was champagne. In particular, the Syndicat du Commerce du Vin de Champagne (an organisation that predated the current A.O.C. Champagne) was one of the funders of the Champagne Palace, within the Agriculture and Food Pavilion, which acted as a showcase for this famous sparkling wine made in northwest France. One of the bottles they opened at this event were those made by Billercart-Salmon.

Today, seven generations later, Billecart-Salmon remains an icon. It dates back to 1818 when Nicolas François Billecart married Elisabeth Salmon. This union was the beginning of these sparkling wines, one if which is Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé.

This champagne, considered for years as inferior and not very prestigious, was revived in 1970 by Jean Roland-Billecart. Today it is one of the house’s flagship wines. “The first time I had the opportunity to taste the Brut Rosé cuvée was a long time ago, with Alain Passard (three Michelin star chef). The first thing I liked was that it tasted like wine. You can tell that behind this champagne there is a good wine,” says Pierre Hermé, master pastry chef (considered the best in the world).

Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé is made from 300 hectares between the Montagne de Reims, the Côte des Blancs and the Marne Valley. In this area, located just at the northern limit for vine growing (Reims is at 49º5 latitude north while the limit for growing quality grapes in the northern hemisphere is at 50º latitude), it is influenced by a two climates: mostly by the oceanic climate (with high rainfall), but also a touch of continental climate (hot summers and winters with frost). Within this complexity, its slate soil is the key element, with a porosity that turns it into a natural water reservoir that helps the vines even in the hottest summers. Known as water stress, this will force the plant to make extra effort, which will result in high quality grapes with a perfect balance between acids and sugar, and later, in the winery, all of them will be vinified under the house motto: “quality first, aiming for perfection”.

This is achieved in Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé through a technology that uses the cold to maintain all the expressiveness, nuances and characteristics of the terroir. Always individually and separately, the batches from each plot are racked and fermented at low temperature, in small stainless steel tanks, which will guarantee a slow process where the aromas are extracted and the maximum expression of the varieties is retained. However, Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé’s journey does not end here. Following malolactic fermentation and a secondary fermentation in the bottle, Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé will spend 36 months in the winery. The last place where Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé rests is in the cellars; caves dug into the chalk soil with the perfect atmosphere for this champagne to reach the excellence we have become used to.

Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé is a dry champagne (with 9 g/L of sugar) that stands out for its elegance and subtlety. The nose is subtle and appetising, with notes of forest fruits and citrus peel. The palate is precise, with a raspberry finish and great freshness.
90 Parker
93 Suckling

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€82.70 VAT inc.

  • We send it to Liechtenstein with Planzer to your home
  • The shipment for 3 bottles is €14.95 with Planzer.
  • For orders over €161.91 shipping is free with Planzer.
No unpleasant surprises: what you pay at Decántalo is the final price, with no additional costs. The price is a final price that includes everything, all taxes in Liechtenstein, and import costs. So you can simply enjoy the wine.