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2012 Champagne Billecart-Salmon, Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon, Rosé, Brut
- Rosé
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Chardonnay (55%), Pinot Noir (45%)
Ready - youthful
(Drink 2022 - 2042)
- Jancis Robinson MW
- 17.5/20
- Tom Hewson
- 95/100
- Anthony Rose
- 95/100
- Antonio Galloni
- 96/100
- James Suckling
- 97/100
Product: 20128017435
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Description
I do adore this cuvée. This beautiful rosé combines the intensity of old vines on great terroir with that delicate but incisive Billecart style. In the blend, 10% is still Pinot Noir, made from ancient vines in Valofroy. The remaining balance is 45% Pinot Noir and 55% Chardonnay – all from top vineyards. I bought some of the 2008 for my cellar, and I’m a little frustrated because I’ll need to raid the piggy bank again! This is just gorgeous – a little more floral and fruit-forward than the 2008, but it’s just as good. I love the pinch of ginger spice that follows the fruit and that silky texture… that’s something to savour.
Edward Richardson, Private Client Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour Rosé
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Alcohol % 12.5%
Maturity Ready - youthful
(2022 - 2042)
Grape List Chardonnay (55%), Pinot Noir (45%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Champagne Billecart-Salmon
Critics reviews
Jancis Robinson MW 17.5/20
55% Chardonnay from Chouilly, Avize and Mesnil-sur-Oger. 45% Pinot Noir mainly especially old vines in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, and Verzenay). 85% grands crus, 15% premiers crus. 3% aged in oak. Partial malo. Disgorged early 2023 with dosage 3.8 g/l.
Transparent salmon pink with a lively mousse. Definitely darker than stereotypical Provence rosé. Very broad, almost buttery, unusually hazelnut nose leads on to a floral, extremely revitalising palate with marked acidity. It's all quite seductive and flattering until the bone-dry finish. Admirably persistent with a very tactile impact on the entire mouth. A very complex pink champagne.
Drink 2024 - 2034
Tom Hewson 95/100
Elisabeth Salmon 2012 shows all the signs of being a true classic for Billecart-Salmon, beautifully balanced between the most alluring Pinot aromatics – black cherry juice, peach melba and fresh raspberry – and an engine of pure, persistent Chardonnay energy of bright clementine and zesty length, all lifted with subtle details of allspice, rose petal and nougat and delivered on an effortlessly silky mousse. Open for business, yet without the showiness that the wines of this vintage can sometimes display, it's a rosé of assured refinement and quiet intensity that seems set for a long future. 55% Chardonnay from Chouilly, Avize, Cramant and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger with 45% Pinot Noir from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Ambonnay, with 8.3% red wine addition from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. 2.9% fermented in barrel, and released after 115 months on lees with a dosage of 3.8g/L.
Drink 2024 - 2034
Anthony Rose 95/100
A rich coppery bronze in hue, this blend of 55% chardonnay from Chouilly, Avize, Mesnil-sur-Oger and Cramant and 45% pinot noir from Mareuil-sur-Ay, Ambonnay and Ay is rich and mature in bouquet, starting to go a little toasty and nutty after ageing 115 months on the lees. A background of floral notes and dried berry fruits; ripe, concentrated raspberry fruit flavours and notes of spice are buoyed by a fine fresh mousse that, once dissolved, turns this delightful champagne into a vinous, gastronomic wine, finishing dry with just 3.8 grams per litre dosage.
Antonio Galloni 96/100
The 2012 Brut Rosé Cuvée Elizabeth Salmon offers up hints of red berry fruit, ginger, spice, rosewater, mint and crushed flowers. There is a feeling of classic austerity that runs through the 2012. I would prefer to cellar this for at least a few years, as it is quite reticent at this stage. Chalk, mint, white pepper and bright saline accents linger on the pointed finish. Dosage is 3.8 grams per liter. Disgorged: first trimester 2023.
Drink 2024 - 2037
James Suckling 97/100
This has a lovely copper color with aromas of cloves, spiced apples, raspberries, gingerbread and pastries. Delicious yeasty and spicy undertones. Excellent density and focus, with fine and firm bubbles, yet it’s light on its feet and so fresh. Long, chalky and salty at the end. Chardonnay and pinot noir. 3.8g/L dosage.
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About this wine
Champagne
In 1668, the monk Dom Pérignon is credited with discovering the traditional method of making sparkling wine - a technique now used worldwide. Yet it is only in Champagne, France’s most northerly wine region, that this method produces wines of such finesse and prestige. Today, Champagne is home to over 15,000 growers and 290 Champagne houses. The region’s cool climate often necessitates a blend of grape varieties: Chardonnay brings fruit and elegance, while Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier provide body and backbone.