Billecart Salmon, Brut Vintage 2009

France · Champagne · White · Champagne · wine-wine · 1256411

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Price / case Vintage Packing Qty Location
428.45 GBP 2008 6 x 75cl 1 uk / United Kingdom
512.05 GBP 2008 6 x 75cl 2 uk / United Kingdom
4075.50 HKD 2009 6 x 75cl 1 hk / Hong Kong
355.30 GBP 2009 6 x 75cl 1 uk / United Kingdom

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Vintages & packings

Vintage Packing Offers Bids Market price WA rating
1000 6 x 75cl 0 0
2008 1 x 3L 0 0 2810.72
2008 1 x 75cl 0 0
2008 12 x 75cl 0 0 8366.64
2008 3 x 1.5L 0 0
2008 6 x 75cl 2 0 4183.32
2009 1 x 3L 0 0
2009 12 x 75cl 0 0 8185.68
2009 3 x 1.5L 0 0 4092.84
2009 6 x 75cl 2 0 4092.84
2013 12 x 75cl 0 0
2013 3 x 1.5L 0 0
2013 6 x 75cl 0 0
2016 12 x 75cl 0 0 8989.80
2016 6 x 75cl 0 0 4494.90

Critic ratings

robert_parker 2004

Rating: 88 –88

The 2004 Brut Vintage is 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, partially fermented in barrel (20%) and bottled with no dosage. The wine reveals excellent up-front intensity in its ripe yellow fruit and broad-shouldered frame but then falls a bit short on the mid-palate. Compared to the finest wines here, the 2004 Brut Vintage offers a two, rather than three-dimensional sense of aromatic and flavor complexity. This is Lot: L 556997 32009J. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2016. The Billecart-Salmon house style is defined by class, elegance, and a sublime freshness to the wines. Long fermentations at cold temperatures with no malolactic fermentation are the rule at this small, family-owned property in Mareuil-sur-Ay. I also had a chance to re-taste the 2000 Brut Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon 2000 Brut Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart (reviewed last year). Both wines showed beautifully. Readers will find updated notes on www.erobertparker.com. Importer: Robert Chadderdon Selections, New York, NY; tel. (212) 332-4999

robert_parker 2007

Rating: 92 –92

Billecart-Salmon's intense and vinous 2007 Vintage blends 75% Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims and the Grande Vallée de la Marne (Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Aÿ) with 25% Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs villages Avize, Cramant, Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Chouilly and Vertus. Vinified in stainless steel, the bouquet indicates pure, ripe and refined fruit with delicate brioche and morel scents as well as fine chalky and super discreet marzipan and nougat notes. Full-bodied and very intense in its fruit flavors, this is a rich, persistent, pure, just ripe and refined 2007 with a finish that is remarkably fresh but not fully round. Disgorged as Extra Brut in December 2017, tasted in November 2018.

vinous 2009

Rating: 93 –93

The 2009 Vintage is another stellar wine in this range from Billecart-Salmon. This is the first time the Vintage includes Meunier in the blend. That approach has worked out so well here. Resonant and generous, the 2009 is so expressive today. The low dosage of two grams per liter is expertly judged. The 2009 is rich, but not heavy, while offering all of the natural generosity of the year. (Originally published in May 2021)

vinous 2009

Rating: 93 –93

The 2009 Vintage is another stellar wine in this range from Billecart-Salmon. This is the first time the Vintage includes Meunier in the blend. That approach has worked out so well here. Resonant and generous, the 2009 is so expressive today. The low dosage of two grams per liter is expertly judged. The 2009 is rich, but not heavy, while offering all of the natural generosity of the year.