Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut "Le Clos St. Hilaire" 2005
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Sublime, silky and understated…A model of class. […] A Champagne of refinement more than power.
Richly complex nose of spiced yellow plums, brioche, toasted lemons, butterscotch, baked apples, strawberries, coffee cream, praline, earthy mushroom and truffle hints. It’s creamy, layered and generous, with soft bubbles. Complex toasty and spicy elements carry through to a long finish. Opulence and sophistication. Single parcel pinot noir, 100% vinified in oak barrels. No malo. 1g/l dosage. Drink now or hold.
This beautifully balanced single-vineyard Champagne is ripe with Pinot Noir and intense. Its richness shows in the yeasty character in the background of the wine’s maturity.
A fragrant, appealing Champagne, with wafts of elderflower and medicinal herbs on the nose, followed by expressive flavors […]. Fresh and focused, with a satiny mousse and a salty finish of oyster shell and chalk.
Bright, vibrant, fresh nose of orchard fruits, dried fruits, nuts, pastry and spices. The palate is tense, delicate and medium-bodied.
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Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut "Le Clos St. Hilaire" 2006
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Vinous
The 2006 Le Clos Saint-Hilaire is fabulous. In this radiant year, the Clos Saint Hilaire has a touch more mid-palate sweetness and generosity, but that’s a good thing, as it balances some of the more austere leanings that can make young vintages hard to appreciate upon release. Apricot, lemon confit, ginger, graphite, spice and crushed rocks are strands in a gorgeous, captivating tapestry that dazzles right out of the gate. The precision here is just mindblowing. Billecart’s 2006 Clos Saint-Hilaire is a very special Champagne, that much is very clear.
Baked raspberries, salted yellow plums, figs, walnuts, orange zest, mahogany and some toasted vanilla on the nose. Medium-to full-bodied with beautifully integrated, very fine bubbles. Dry, with exciting and unique white-pepper and sea-salt notes. Seamless. So harmonious. Salty and spicy clove notes evolving at the end. Amazing precision. Single parcel pinot noir, 100% vinified in oak barrels. No malo. 2g/l dosage. Disgorged November 2020. 6,750 bottles. Drink or hold.
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Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut "Le Clos St. Hilaire" 2007
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Decanter
The 2007, though, presents a different accent to the previous two releases, with a ripe and punchy fruit. The hallmarks of the wine are very much there, with plenty of signs of maturity.
Beautifully complex and mineral with notes of chalk, blanched almonds, dried raspberries, rose petals, pink grapefruit, nutmeg and pink peppercorns. Complex, tight and structured, with a medium to full body, plenty of strength yet elegant. Tight bubbles. Long, firm and savory. Single parcel pinot noir, 100% vinified in oak barrels. No malo. Disgorged May 2023. 3.8g/L dosage. Drink or hold.
The 2007 Extra Brut Le Clos Saint-Hilaire is shockingly accessible for a young vintage of this wine. Silky and plush, with terrific depth, the 2007 is already quite accessible. Kirsch, plum, dried flowers, chamomile and dried herbs build, filling out the layers effortlessly. I can’t remember tasting a Clos Saint-Hilaire that is this wine-like. White flowers, chalk, mint and white pepper open with air, adding palpable freshness to a core of chiseled Pinot fruit. In a word: dazzling. Dosage is 2 grams per liter. Disgorged: second trimester 2023.
Disgorged in the second quarter of 2023, the 2007 Brut Le Clos Saint-Hilaire displays its charm, evoking a refined and pure bouquet of ripe orchard fruits, mint, white pepper, licorice and jasmine. Medium-bodied and taut, the palate is marked by crystalline precision and a vinous, delicate texture that segues into a saline, subtly bitter finish that complements its gastronomic profile. This vintage beautifully expresses the distinguished calcareous terroir of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, making it a refined and appealing Champagne with a dosage of two grams per liter. This is 100% Pinot Noir.
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Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut "Le Clos St. Hilaire" 2009
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