Champagne Billecart Salmon Cuvée Louis 2007 Bottle (75cl)
The 2007 Champagne Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Louis Salmon is a vintage white champagne from Champagne, made exclusively from Chardonnay. James Suckling awards it 94/100. Tasting notes describe a fresh and delicately complex profile, driven by red fruits, mushroom, and spice nuances, with a lively strawberry-tinged finish. It can be enjoyed now or cellared.
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
- Cuvée Louis Salmon
- Millésime
- 2007
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
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 Louis Salmon
A vintage prestige cuvée crafted exclusively from Chardonnay sourced from grands crus of the Côte des Blancs. It seeks an overall expression of purity, minerality, precision, and longevity. It continues the tradition of the Maison's great vintage Blanc de Blancs.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- Homage to Louis Salmon, brother of Élisabeth Salmon, passionate about oenology and involved from the very beginning in crafting the Maison's wines.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2006
- Style of the cuvée
- A great Blanc de Blancs with a chalky and mineral predominance, combining the purity of Chardonnay, freshness, finesse, precision, structure, and significant aging potential.
- Position within the range
- Prestige vintage Blanc de Blancs, at the top of the range alongside Nicolas François and Élisabeth Salmon.
Histoire de la cuvée
The Maison has a long tradition of prestige Blanc de Blancs, with vintages documented as early as 1979 in its official cartography. This reference was named Louis Salmon starting with the 2006 vintage, presented under this name during the Maison's bicentenary in 2018, as a tribute to Élisabeth Salmon's brother and the first person in charge of winemaking.
