2012 Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon Brut Rosé

$209.95

Vivino Rating

4.5

A delightful, barely brut sparkling Rosé from a favorite producer, recently disgorged in 2023, offering a complex array of aromas and flavors with a lingering finish.

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About the bottle

Country

France

Region

Champagne

Producer

Billecart-Salmon

Vareital

Chardonnay

Vareital Composition

55% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir

Specifications

2012

Vintage

2039

Drink By

12.5

ABV

Vinification

Grapes are from multiple Grand Cru and 1er Cru vineyards. Some are vinified in oak. The blend is aged on the lees and in the cellar for 115 months

Notes from critics

This has to be our favorite sparkling Rosé. It's no surprise that it comes from one of our favorite producers. It is a brut, but at <4g/L, it's just barely that. As it was just disgorged in 2023, we should expect this to actually get better over the next few years. This one delivers a veritable smorgasbord of aromas, flavors and textures that just compliment each other from the first swirl of the glass to that finish that just lingers wonderfully.

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.

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.