Champagne Billecart Salmon Les Rendez-Vous de Billecart-Salmon No 3 Meunier Extra Brut 2021 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2021 Champagne Billecart-Salmon Les Rendez-Vous de Billecart-Salmon No 3 Meunier Extra Brut is an effervescent white champagne produced in Champagne by Billecart-Salmon. This Les Rendez-Vous No 3 Meunier cuvée highlights the meunier grape in an Extra Brut interpretation.
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
- Les Rendez-Vous No 3 Meunier
- Millésime
- 2021
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.
Les Rendez-Vous No 3 Meunier
Third edition in the Les Rendez-vous de Billecart-Salmon range, this cuvée is crafted exclusively from Meunier sourced from Leuvrigny, Damery, and Venteuil. Based on the 2015 vintage and completed with reserve wines from 2013, it benefits from a low dosage and extended ageing on the lees. It seeks a pure, delicate, and singular expression of Meunier originating from three villages in the Vallée de la Marne.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2022
- Style of the cuvée
- A sensual and refined Meunier Champagne, pursuing fruit purity, balanced flavors, and a delicate expression thanks to a very low dosage. Its general profile combines texture, precise fruit, freshness, and a saline finish.
- Position within the range
- Third limited edition of the experimental range Les Rendez-vous de Billecart-Salmon.
Histoire de la cuvée
Released in 2022 as the third opus of Les Rendez-vous de Billecart-Salmon, an experimental series dedicated to the expression of a Champagne grape variety and selected terroirs. Following a first Rendez-vous dedicated to Meunier and a second to Pinot Noir, N°3 offers a new interpretation of Meunier from Leuvrigny, Damery, and Venteuil.
