2013 Billecart-Salmon "Cuvée Louis" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
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Reviewed April 2025The 2013 Brut Blancs de Blancs Louis Salmon is an exceptional follow-up to the 2012. Naturally, the 2013 offers a bit more tension, cut and drive, all signatures of this late-ripening vintage. Chalk, slate, crushed rocks, citrus confit and hazelnut all race across the palate as the 2013 sizzles with tension from start to finish. This is still a baby. Give it time. Dosage is 4 grams per liter. Disgorged: January 2024. (AG)
Professional Reviews
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James Suckling
This blanc de blancs is very pure and fresh, showing white flowers, light hazelnuts, peaches and grapefruit on the nose, with a hint of oyster shells. It's sleek and chalky on the palate, linear and racy, with very fine bubbles and a bright acidic backbone. 100% stainless steel vinification. Chardonnay from Cramant, Chouilly, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and some Oiry. 4 g/L dosage. Disgorged January 2024. Drink or hold. (CN)
Notes
Always one of the last to release their top wines, Billecart-Salmon aged this champagne for 114 months on the lees before disgorgement. It is all grand chardonnay from a roll call of the best villages in the region; 44% Cramant, 26% Chouilly, 25% Mesnil and 5% Oiry. They wanted to preserve the direct, fresh style of the 2013 vintage (the only October harvest in a generation) and vinified this wine entirely in stainless steel. It is dosed at 4g/l. -Gary Westby, K&L
Details
| Origin | Champagne, France |
|---|---|
| Type/Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Alcohol Content | 12.5% |
| SKU | 1944124 |