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2012 Billecart-Salmon "Cuvée Elisabeth" Brut Rosé Champagne Magnum 1.5L

2012 Billecart-Salmon "Cuvée Elisabeth" Brut Rosé Champagne Magnum 1.5L

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Decanter

Reviewed April 2024
Tasted from magnum. Alongside the main release in 75cl, a limited number of magnums of 2012 Elisabeth Salmon have been released simultaneously. The differences are marked – the magnum presents a hugely engaging sparky, spicy and charry energy that lifts up the Chardonnay presence in the wine and plays beautifully with the allspice, pepper and rose detail that sits above peach melba, raspberry and black cherry fruit. There is plenty of immediate pleasure in what is a medium-bodied, restrained take on 2012, although this is a wine that – especially in magnum – looks set for a long window of enjoyment with its delicately insistent tension. 55% Chardonnay from Chouilly, Avize, Cramant and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger with 45% Pinot Noir from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Ambonnay, with 8.3% red wine addition from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. 2.9% fermented in barrel, and released after 115 months on lees with a dosage of 3.8g/L.(Drink between 2024-2040) (TM)
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Professional Reviews

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Jeb Dunnuck

Review Date: 12/2024
The blend of the 2012 Champagne Elisabeth Salmon is includes 55% Chardonnay along with 10% red wine, the majority of which was raised in stainless steel, with a 3% splash raised in oak. It pours a deeper salmon orange tinge and is a more assertive wine in the glass, with notes of spice, smoky wet stones, peach, almond, and fruitcake. Medium to full-bodied and assertive, it holds its mousse together more clearly and has more transparency, with a pomegranate texture, and is long on the palate. This structured wine will benefit from another year or two in bottle before drinking over the following 15 or more years. Disgorged January 2023, 3.8 dosage; total in the final wine is 4 grams per liter. (Drink between 2026-2041) (AF) (96+)

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Vinous

Review Date: 03/2024
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. (AG)

Notes

Very little of this great wine was released in magnum. The 2012 Elisabeth is composed of 55% Chardonnay, mostly from the grand cru's of Chouilly, Avize and Mesnil and 45% Pinot Noir from Mareuil and Verzenay. The most interesting piece of this wine, and the limiting factor for production is the red wine. It is sourced exclusively from an over 80 year old parcel in Mareuil called the Valofroy, adjacent to the Clos des Goisses. This is what gives this wine its incredible, savory, black cherry power, a power that is balanced by the extraordinary elegance of the primarily chardonnay base. The 2012 is a great vintage, and this is one of the last tête de cuvée releases from this memorable harvest. -Gary Westby

Details

OriginChampagne, France
Type/VarietalOther White Wines
Alcohol Content12.5%
SKU1739361