2012 Billecart-Salmon "Cuvée Louis" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne Magnum 1.5L

Name: 2012 Billecart-Salmon "Cuvée Louis" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne Magnum 1.5L
SKU: 1739362
Rating: 96.28571428571428 (7 reviews)

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James Suckling

Reviewed July 2024

Incredible aromas of brioche, bread dough and pie crust with superb, electrifying fruit, from peaches to fresh apples. It’s driven, mouthwatering and with fantastic structure, yet it’s so balanced and creamy. Very fine and silky bubbles. It’s better and better as it warms slightly in the glass. 3.9g/L dosage. Drink or hold.

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Professional Reviews

Vinous

Review Date: 04/2025

The 2012 Brut Blancs de Blancs Louis Salmon is a large-scale, ample wine. A rich, heady Champagne, the 2012 has started to open nicely. It is far more expressive today than it was a year ago. Even so, this remains a very young Champagne, one that needs time to shed some of its considerable baby fat. Baked apple tart, dried flowers, mint and dried citrus peel are some of the many nuances that emerge over time. Tropical notes wrap around the substantial finish. Dosage is 3.9 grams per liter. Disgorged: January 2023. (AG)

Decanter

Review Date: 04/2024

2012’s already expressive aromatics are reframed in explosive charry, flinty energy and an extra fluid freshness on the palate, supercharging the ripe lemon syrup, apricot and sweet spice flavours. Nimble and transparent with a precise palate unmarked by dosage or some of the rather heavier, more concentrated fruit that the year can bring. Tasted from magnum: a limited number have been released alongside the 2012 main 75cl release. Aged under cork during its second fermentation. (TH)

Jeb Dunnuck

Review Date: 12/2024

The 2012 Champagne Louis Salmon Blanc De Blancs is entirely from Côte de Blancs Grand Cru villages and saw 25% oak vinification, with most of the malo blocked to retain freshness. Initially, it opens to citrus-driven aromas of lime, but as it opens in the glass, it deepens to reveal notes of white peach, fresh bread, and a touch of toasted spice, with its portion of oak just highlighting the edges of the wine. The palate offers intensity without austerity, with a good, profound, layered feel, and it has a pillowy and elegant mousse, a coating texture of citrus oil, and a long finish. It’s already hard to resist but will improve with time. It’s a wonderful wine for Billecart-Salmon in this vintage. Bravo. Drink 2026-2046. It saw 3.9 grams per liter dosage and 4.4 grams in the final wine. (AF)

Notes

These magnums are very, very limited. This 2012 Louis Salmon is sourced from the grand crus of Mesnil, Chouilly, Cramant and Oiry, mostly from old, massal selected vines. It has been aged more than 10 years on the lees, and is one of the last of the 2012's to be released on the market. It was fermented in 75% temperature controlled stainless steel and 25% oak, and dosed very low at 3.9 grams per liter. If you are looking for the perfect blend of brioche from time in the cellar and bright freshness, look no further. This is a profoundly long, complex champagne that is still super easy to drink. (Gary Westby, K&L Champagne Buyer)

Details

Origin	Champagne, France
Type/Varietal	Chardonnay
Alcohol Content	12.5%
SKU	1739362