2008 Billecart-Salmon, Nicolas Francois 6x75cl
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CRITIC REVIEWS
Antonio Galloni
The 2008 Brut Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart remains quite potent and young. It s starting to gain some weight, but it remains a classically austere Champagne. The fruit is reticent, and its contours are angular. The 2008 is a very good wine, but, as I have said in the past, it is a Champagne that belongs to the prior era here. Vinification was 83% in tank and 17% in oak, likely a decision made to give the wine more body in this decidedly lean vintage. Dosage is 2.9 grams per liter. Disgorged: first trimester 2022.
JancisRobinson.com
This cuvee was initially just their vintage champagne and was renamed with the name of the founder in 1964. It's usually 60% Pinot Noir from Ay, Mareuil and Verzenay, 40% Chardonnay from Chouilly and Cramant. The ingredients are all settled on the basis of blind tasting and the proportions are almost always 60:40. This blend is composed of 83 lots from grand cru villages and from 17 premier cru villages. 17% was vinified in small oak pieces. Chief winemaker Florent Nys thinks this 2008 lies somewhere between 2002 and 2006 in style. 3 g/l dosage.Creamy nose. Broad and mature nose, underwritten by a meaty, steely, lean palate. What a contrast at this stage between nose and palate: two different expressions! No hurry to drink this wine which definitely needs food at the moment. Still tight and embryonic. (JR)
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