Champagne Billecart Salmon Cuvée 200 magnum
Cuvée 200 de Billecart-Salmon is a non-mintage white champagne crafted in Champagne from Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, and Pinot Noir. Created to mark the bicentenary of the Maison, this limited edition highlights 200 years of independence and expertise at Billecart-Salmon. It was produced in a particularly restricted, numbered run, affirming its commemorative and collectible nature.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Magnum (150cl)
- Packaging
- Gift Box
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Sparkling White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Champagne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Billecart Salmon
- Cuvée
- Cuvée 200
- Millésime
- Non Vintage
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, 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.
Cuvée 200
Created for the bicentenary of Billecart-Salmon, this cuvée blends wines from eight Grands Crus of the Montagne de Reims and the Côte des Blancs. It brings together four vintages, 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2012, with a strong majority of Pinot Noir. Its release notably includes 1,818 numbered magnums, in reference to the Maison's founding year.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The number "200" celebrates the bicentenary of Maison Billecart-Salmon, founded in 1818.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2018
- Style of the cuvée
- A complex and powerful blended Champagne, dominated by Pinot Noir, combining breadth, tension, aromatic depth and a saline finish.
- Position within the range
- An exceptional and very limited commemorative cuvée, created outside the regular range for the bicentenary of the Maison.
Histoire de la cuvée
Cuvée 200 was specially blended in 2018 to accompany the celebrations of the 200 years of independence and family expertise of Billecart-Salmon. Marketed in a very limited edition, it synthesizes four selected vintages and eight Grands Crus to embody the bicentenary of the Maison.
