Champagne Billecart Salmon Le Clos Saint Hilaire 2009 Bottle (75cl)
The 2009 Clos Saint-Hilaire from Billecart-Salmon is a vintage white Champagne from Champagne, crafted exclusively from Pinot Noir. The Wine Advocate awards it 96/100 and recommends drinking between 2025 and 2038; James Suckling rates it 98/100. Critics describe a full-bodied and generous wine, driven by vibrant acidity, a very fine bubble texture, and a long citrus-tinged finish. The dosage is 2 g/l and vinification is carried out without malolactic fermentation.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Sparkling White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Champagne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Billecart Salmon
- Cuvée
- Le Clos Saint-Hilaire
- Millésime
- 2009
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Billecart Salmon
Billecart-Salmon is a Champagne house based in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, founded in 1818 by Nicolas François Billecart and Élisabeth Salmon, together with Louis Salmon. The house, which remains family-run, operates a 100-hectare vineyard and also sources grapes from partner winegrowers. Mathieu Roland-Billecart, representing the seventh generation of the family, chairs the board of directors; Florent Nys is the cellar master.
- Owner
- Famille Billecart (majoritaire) et famille Frey
- Maître de chais
- Florent Nys
- Surface (ha)
- 100.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 2 000 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The Billecart-Salmon house was founded in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ in 1818 by Nicolas François Billecart and Élisabeth Salmon. Nicolas François Billecart took charge of the commercial side of the business, whilst Louis Salmon, Élisabeth’s brother, devoted himself to winemaking. Their son, Charles Billecart, continued to develop the business during the 19th century. In 1900, the house took part in the Paris World Exhibition and supported the Palais du Champagne. At the end of the First World War, Charles Roland-Billecart inherited a house whose cellars contained only around 75,000 bottles; he turned the business round, and by 1936 it was selling more than 217,000 bottles. In 1958, Jean Roland-Billecart initiated a shift in the house’s winemaking methods. A barrel cellar was opened in 2010, followed by a cask cellar in 2018. In the same year, Billecart-Salmon celebrated two centuries of existence and seven generations of family ownership. The company is now led by Mathieu Roland-Billecart, whilst Florent Nys, who has been trained within the house since 2005, serves as cellar master. The majority of the share capital remains held by the Billecart family, alongside the Frey family, who acquired a stake in 2005.
Le Clos Saint-Hilaire
Clos Saint-Hilaire is a vintage cuvée sourced exclusively from a walled one-hectare plot of Pinot Noir in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. This single-cru Blanc de Noirs is vinified in oak barrels, has a low dosage, and is produced in a limited number of numbered bottles. The Maison presents it as a deep, singular fine wine built for aging.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The cuvée is named after Saint Hilary, the patron saint of the church in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ.
- Cuvée creation year
- 1995
- Style of the cuvée
- A deep, complex, and singular Blanc de Noirs, combining the concentration of Pinot Noir, the purity of a single cru, the structure from oak vinification, and a freshness preserved by a very low dosage.
- Position within the range
- A rare and prestigious single-plot cuvée, presented separately at the absolute pinnacle of the Maison's vintage offering.
Histoire de la cuvée
The plot, formerly occupied in part by an orchard and a garden, was planted with Pinot Noir in 1964 by Jean Roland-Billecart. After several years of vineyard maintenance and trials with white vinification in small barrels, the 1995 harvest gave birth to the first vintage of the Clos Saint-Hilaire cuvée.
