Billecart-Salmon

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A glass of Billecart-Salmon Champagne with a food pairing in an airplane

Coordinates: 49°02′45″N 4°02′03″E / 49.0459393°N 4.0342175°E / 49.0459393; 4.0342175

Billecart-Salmon is a medium-sized champagne house in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, France. Founded in 1818 with the marriage of Nicolas François Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon,[1] it is one of the few to remain family owned, and the 7th most admired champagne brand in 2021.[2]

The Cuvée Nicolas-Francois Billecart 1959 won first place in the Champagne of the Millennium 1999, out of 150 of the finest 20th century Champagnes.[3] A magnum of the winning champagne later sold for £3,300.[4]

Billecart-Salmon was ranked tenth among major Champagne houses by Antoine Gerbelle writing for La Revue du vin de France.[5] La Revue du vin de France's Guide Vert awards Billecart-Salmon two stars out of three.[6] Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve are aged in the cellars for 36 months before release.

Billecart-Salmon champagnes have been reviewed favourably by wine writer Jancis Robinson.[7]

The current President is, since 2019, Mathieu Roland-Billecart who represents the family’s seventh generation. He is working to further improve the already high quality of their champagnes and announced that " I want to get to the very pinnacle of what’s possible in quality in champagne[8]."

The Chef de Cafe (aka Cellar Master) is, since 2018, Florent Nys. He explains that at Billecart-Salmon they make balanced and fresh wines rather than powerful ones, and that their style is not oxidative, apart from Clos Saint-Hilaire (100% vinified in oak casks).[9]

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  1. ^ Billecart-Salmon Archived October 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "30 Best Champagne Brands of 2021 - All You Need to Know". Best Champagne. 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  3. ^ Rose A. "Great news! The champagne won't run out" Independent (3 July 1999) (accessed 25 October 2007).
  4. ^ Champagne Gallery: Billecart-Salmon Archived January 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 25 October 2007.
  5. ^ Gerbelle, Antoine. "Palmarès des meilleurs champagnes de marques". La Revue du vin de France. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Billecart-Salmon". LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ^ Robinson J. Billecart Salmon Brut Réserve NV champagne (18 October 2005)(accessed 25 October 2007). Archived 17 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Interview With Mathieu Roland-Billecart President of Billecart-Salmon". Best Champagne. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  9. ^ "Interview With Florent Nys Chef de Cave of Billecart-Salmon". Best Champagne. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-20.

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