Champagne Salon Brut Blanc de Blancs, Le Mesnil

This legendary Champagne, only produced in exceptional years, comes from the village of Le Mesnil in the Côte des Blancs. It is made from 100% Chardonnay and aged for many years before release. Its minerality, concentration and beautiful fruit are still astonishingly young and deserve further aging. Drink from 2020

Winery: Champagne Salon
Appellation: Champagne
Average age of vines: 25-40 years
Farming Methods: Conventional
Maturation: 10 years of aging in cellar
Soil: Well drained limestone and chalk
Varietal: N/A
Vineyard Orientation: East
Vineyard Size: 433.8 hectares

Wine	Scores	Downloads	Reviews
Champagne Salon Brut Blanc de Blancs, Le Mesnil 2013	99 Vinous The 2013 Salon is a huge wine. Dense and explosive, the 2013 possesses almost shocking textural richness for a young Salon. If offers a perfect example of the vintage in the Côtes des Blancs, a year in which ripeness and acids were both elevated. Lemon confit, marzipan, white flowers, mint and white pepper explode onto the palate. Bright saline notes pull it all back together on the finish. Dosage is 4.5 grams per liter. 98 James Suckling Gorgeous aromas of cooked apple, bread dough and pie crust. Hints of lemon curd, flint and match stick, too. Full-bodied and dense with agility and beauty, particularly in the center-palate that just lifts at the end. So much density and structure, yet it always remains floating and aerial. Phenolic and integrated at the end. Impressive structure and length. Very drinkable now, but gives the sensation that it will be better in three or four years.	Bottle Image Label Image Shelf Talker Tech Sheet