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Billecart-Salmon - Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon2009

ROSE SPARKLING

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March 2025
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Billecart-Salmon - Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon label
  • Producer Billecart Salmon
  • Blend 50% Chardonnay
    50% Pinot Noir
  • Country France
  • Region Champagne
  • UPC 3 113948 201556

Reviews

James Suckling 96

Copper-orange color with aromas of grapefruit pith, cherry stones, dried roses, white pepper, pastries, walnuts and oyster shells. Refined and elegant with pretty, dried red and citrus fruit, layered with subtle spice and toast. Fine bubbles. Dry. 55% pinot noir from Mareuil-sur-Ay and Ay, and 45% Grand Cru chardonnay from Cote des Blancs, with 10% of pinot noir red wine. Dosage 7g/L.

by JS, James Suckling , 2022

Vinous Media 95

The 2009 Brut Rose Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon is such a joyous Champagne. Intensely floral and effusive, the 2009 is a real charmer. Kirsch, sweet red cherry fruit, orange peel, mint, chalk and white pepper are all finely woven together. This is an especially brisk style, both for the year and for Billecart. If anything, the dosage feels a bit low here, which gives the wine chiseled contours and a slightly austere personality.

by AG, Vinous Media , 2022

Wine Advocate 96

Incorporating fully 10% still red wine, Billecart's 2009 Brut Rose Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon is showing beautifully, delivering fragrant aromas of plums, stone fruits, petals, sweet spices and marzipan. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and elegant, it's seamless and pillowy, with bright acids and a pure, precise profile, concluding with a bright, saline finish. In 2009, it was vinified entirely in stainless steel.

by WK, Wine Advocate , 2022

Wine Enthusiast 96

One of the great roses, this Champagne named after a member of the family, is ripe with layers of red fruits and tight acidity. This vintage is still amazingly young, fresh and crisp with only a hint of maturity creeping in at the end. Drink now, and also age further.

by RV, Wine Enthusiast , 2022

Wine Spectator 93

An elegant rose Champagne that seamlessly knits juicy acidity and fine-grained texture with a subtle, smoke-laced underpinning and a delicate mesh of wild strawberry, kirsch, mandarin orange peel and toasted brioche flavors. Harmonious, with an open-knit, spiced finish. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

by AN, Wine Spectator , 2022

Technical Details

Description

Created in 1988 as a tribute to one of the House’s founders, Elisabeth Salmon, this cuvée distinguishes itself through its sparkle and refined purity of grandeur and unique character. This great, rare and sought-after wine subtly offers the signature of our top Pinot Noir and Chardonnay terroirs.

Just one more example of why Billecart-Salmon is easily our favorite Champagne producer. This is vintage rosé at its finest and a delightful opener for your meal. Billecart makes one of the great rosés in the world, so treat yourself! Rich and elegant with toast and fresh yeasty notes that then combine with citrus and strawberry fruit and a light fennel accent. Absolutely delicious!

Estate

The Champagnes of Maison Billecart-Salmon are above all created thanks to the knowledge of the men who rigorously cultivate an estate of 100 hectares, obtaining grapes from an area totalling 300 hectares across 40 crus of the Champagne region. The majority of the grapes used for vinification come from a radius of 20km around Epernay, where the Grand Crus of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay co-exist, in the ethereal vineyards of the Montagne de Reims, the Vallée de la Marne and the Côte des Blancs.

Tasting notes

With soft, shimmering reflections and a sustained pink hue, this seductive blend has a radiant brilliance. There is a refreshing sensorial expression of citrus peel and red berry jelly. With the exquisite sensation of a rich and complex aromatic generosity (antique roses, cherries and white peaches). Harmonious maturing of flavors (mandarine, blood orange and Reinette apple tart). An ample and pure character, in the mouth unveiling a chalky edge and persistent finish of lightly candied citron. Ideal when paired with beautiful poultry or pork dishes.

Technical data

Dosage: 6g/l
Partial malolactic fermentation
Ageing on lees: 10 years
Ageing potential: more than 10 years