Billecart-Salmon Champagne Le Réserve

The Réserve is a light, fine and balanced champagne. It is a blend comprising 15 vintages and sourced from the best sites in the Champagne region. The subtle pleasure of its delicate texture is complemented by a fine vinosity and concentrated aromatics. This wine captivates with its harmonious blend of enticing flavors (apple, crisp pear, and citrus) and roasted notes. A long, persistent finish marked by freshness and minerality.

Winery: Billecart-Salmon
Appellation: Champagne
Average age of vines: N/A
Farming Methods: Conventional
Maturation: Aged 50 months on lees
Soil: Limestone soil
Varietal: Meunier, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
Vineyard Orientation: Southern
Vineyard Size: 100 hectares

Wine	Scores	Downloads	Reviews
Billecart-Salmon Champagne Le Réserve NV	95 James Suckling A restrained wine with aromas of red fruit, chalk, subtle cookies and lemon peel. Medium-bodied, delicate and refined, with pinprick bubbles, zesty acidity and a tight-knit structure that’s chewy and precise. 58% reserve wines. Based on the 2021 vintage. Disgorged April 2025. Drink or hold. 91 Vinous The NV Brut Le Réserve (base 2021) is a very pretty, gracious wine. Hints of dried pear, herbs, almond, tangerine peel, dried flowers, mint and tobacco lend tons of nuance throughout. The significant presence of reserve wines adds quite a bit of complexity and character. This harmonious NV Champagne is all charm. This release is based on 2021 but is blended with a 58% reserve wines, on the higher side. What a delight. Dosage is 2.9 grams per liter. Disgorged: May 2025. 91 Wine Advocate Based on the 2020 vintage (the youngest vintage serves as the “base” of a bottling, even if it does not represent the majority of the blend) and incorporating 71% reserve wines—half stored as individual vintages and the other half as a perpetual reserve initiated in 2006—Billecart-Salmon’s latest NV Le Réserve is showing nicely. It offers aromas of green pear, honeysuckle, brioche and white peach. Disgorged in early 2024 with a dosage of three grams per liter, this reimagined cuvée has recently undergone a significant reduction in dosage. The sweetness that so often presents itself on the finish of NV Champagnes from Grandes Marques is no more. Medium to full-bodied, lively and charming, with a textural attack and vibrant acidity, it culminates in a long, precise finish. This reinvented cuvée replaces the Brut Réserve and, beyond the lowered dosage, sees a stricter fruit selection, an additional 20 months of aging sur lattes (now totaling 50 months) and an increased proportion of the perpetual reserve.	Bottle Image Label Image Shelf Talker Tech Sheet