NV Billecart-Salmon - Champagne Extra Brut Le Rose
The benchmark rosé Champagne of the world — and one of the most consistently exquisite bottles you can put on the table at any price. Founded in 1818 by the marriage of Nicolas François Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon, this oldest continuously family-owned Grande Maison has spent over two centuries perfecting a style of breathtaking elegance, finesse, and balance — and Le Rosé is its most celebrated and beloved expression. Jeb Dunnuck awarded 94 Points, praising its attractive pale salmon hue, fresh perfume of wild strawberry, ripe peach, white and red flowers, and hint of tropical fruit — rounded on the palate with fruit up front and through the mid-palate, silky and fresh with wonderful ease, balance, and finesse.
Based on the 2021 vintage, blended with 56% reserve wines dating back to 2018 — a blend of 45% Chardonnay, 31% Meunier, and 24% Pinot Noir, vinified entirely in stainless steel, disgorged with a dosage of just 4.90 grams per liter — making this a true extra brut of crystalline precision and freshness. On the nose effusive of raspberries, strawberries, mandarin oranges, rose petals, and verbena with hints of toasted bread, with a brisk tiny bead and creamy mousse and a long, saline, mineral finish of extraordinary refinement. The perfect rosé Champagne for every occasion — from oysters to celebration