Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Reserve 750 ML

Balance and harmony combine together in this light and subtle champagne. Its blend is made up of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier sourced from the very best sites of the Champagne region. It is the ideal partner to delight your guests on every occasion, both as an aperitif and throughout the entirety of a meal. The Brut Réserve is a light, fine and harmonious champagne. It is made up of a blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier from three different years and sourced from the best sites in the Champagne region. APPEARANCE - With reflections of straw yellow, this cuvée is recognisable by the finesse of its slowly rising bubbles and its persistent and plentiful mousse. PALATE - A full and precise flavour followed by a fine freshness and a rich bouquet bear witness to the ageing of this cuvée in the House’s traditional cellars. AROMA - There is a maturity with a touch of floral freshness for this cuvée, which expresses aromas of fresh fruit and ripe pears. TASTING - The ideal partner for every occasion. It is perfect as an aperitif and can be enjoyed with a wide variety of dishes. Serve at: 8°C Winery - Champagne Billecart-Salmon Varieties - 40% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay Farming Practices - traditional Hectares/Acres - made only from Grand Cr and Premier Cru vineyards sourced from 20 villages Fermentation The first clarification process (débourbage) is followed by a second chilling of the must, which separates the courser lees. Each parcel, terroir and varietal is then fermented separately at low temperatures to preserve freshness before blending. Maturation 3 years on the lees to ensure perfect quality when we release out wines "Very low dosage of 7g/L to respect the harmony and perfect balance.  40% of this cuvee is made of reserve wines to ensure consistency in style. Fresh pear and ripe fruit aromas. Focused and balanced with a long lingering finish developing yeasty and brioche notes." More at Champagne Billecart-Salmon Wine Enthusiast 90 points - The cuvee from this great Champagne producer is dry, fruity with a fine line of minerality. That is balanced by the apple and crisp citrus-fruit flavors coming together in a vibrant, textured wine. Drink now..Roger Voss, December/2020 Wine & Spirits 91 points - This blend includes 40 percent pinot meunier, the balance equal parts pinot noir and chardonnay. Its remarkable fruitiness might be tied to the firm’s long, slow, cool fermentations, which, they believe, allow meunier to maintain its perfume. This is a graceful, vinous Champagne with dramatic high notes of roses and red fruit, finishing clean with a grounding of pale earthiness. It’s a lovely prediction of what Champagne might become in a warming climate..December/2013 Vinous 90 points - (40% pinot meunier, 30% pinot noir and 30% chardonnay; L200352): Light, bright gold. Fresh red berries, orange zest and white flowers on the perfumed nose. Juicy and precise, offering energetic redcurrant and blood orange flavors that show good concentration and a supple texture. A mineral nuance adds bite to the finish, with the floral note echoing..December/2013 Wine Advocate 90 points - The Billecart-Salmon NV Brut Reserve is a blend of 40% Pinot Meunier (sourced in the Vallee de la Marne and the Coteaux Sud d’Epernay), 30% Chardonnay (from different villages along the Marne) and 30% Pinot Noir (from the Montagne de Reims and the Grande Vallee de la Marne). The recent disgorgement from January 2018 is straw-yellow in color and based 40% on the 2015 harvest, with 60% of reserve wines. The result is a light and delicately fruity flavored cuvee with aromatic and spicy Pinot Meunier and redcurrant aromas intertwined with chalky expressions and notes of ripe pears and yeast. Round and fresh on the palate this is a light, finessed, elegant, very delicate and harmoniously fruity Brut with a stunningly intense, persistent, well-structured and purely salty finish. Very stimulating as a soloist, aperitif or with lighter dishes. Tasted from lot L 419A701 42836 in November 2018..Antonio Galloni, December/2018 James Suckling 91 points - Plenty of ripe strawberries and wild raspberries on the nose here. Really attractive and vibrant in the mouth with fresh wild strawberries. It also shows a fleshy, fresh-fruit texture. Drink now..September/2018 This is an impressive range of new releases from Billecart-Salmon, and the finesse and purity is outstanding. - Stephan Reinhardt, Interim December 2018 Week 1, The Wine Advocate