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Grande Cuvée Billecart-Salmon 1982

  • White fruit
  • Aperitif wine
  • Color: Sparkling
  • 12% 
  • 2.25L
  • Intensity
  • Classic dosage

Complexe et alliant subtilement finesse et puissance, ce champagne est une véritable pépite qui se savoure aussi bien en guise d'apéritif qu'à table avec des mets savoureux. More info

  • Quantity: 3 Bottles
  • Level: 3 into-neck
  • Label: 3 very marked label, 3 very bin-soiled label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Champagne
  • Appellation/Wine: Champagne
  • Producer/Owner: Billecart-Salmon
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Grande Cuvée Billecart-Salmon serve at a temperature of 8°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Foie gras poêlé aux épices, Langoustines rôties, Filets de saint-pierre au coulis de moules.

  • Vintage score: 17/20
  • Lot presentation
    Grande Cuvée Billecart-Salmon

    The wine

    Produced ever since 1982 from a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the Grande Cuvée spends ten years improving in the maison's cellars. It has a pale golden colour, a complex nose of ripe fruit, and toasty aromas. In the mouth, this beautifully complex wine offers a perfect combination of finesse and power in a beautifully balanced overall package.

    Information about domain Billecart-Salmon

    Founded in 1818, Maison Billecart is certainly not the oldest yet is probably one of the most famous champagne houses and still in the hands of the same founding family (supported since 2005 by the Frey group). Maison Billecart Salmon was born from the union of two great family owners of vineyards in Champagne, when Nicolas-François Billecart married Elisabeth Salmon in 1818. Very prosperous at the end of the 19th century (the wines were then known and appreciated as far as the United States and Russia), the maison, located in Mareuil sur Aÿ, would experience major setbacks of fortune at the beginning of the 20th century. They have now resolved these issues and the house remains the property of the Billecart family. Today it is François and Antoine Roland-Billecart who run it and their father, Jean Roland-Billecart, still keeps an eye on the heritage. Located in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, it gets its supplies around Epernay from the best terroirs. Interestingly, Billecart belongs to these maisons that make barrels which means that part of the harvest is vinified in Burgundy parts. The grand cuvée Clos Saint-Hilaire is vinified in its entirety. From a stylistic point of view, Billecart-Salmon embodies finesse and precision. These are always great wines, both as an aperitif and with meals, fresh and with admirable energy.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 3 Bottles
    • Level: 3 into-neck
    • Label: 3 very marked label, 3 very bin-soiled label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Classic underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 12 %
    • Country/Region: Champagne
    • Appellation/Wine: Champagne
    • Producer/Owner: Billecart-Salmon
    • Vintage: 1982
    • Color: Sparkling
    • Service temperature:
    • Viticulture: Sustainable farming 
    • Intensity: Classic dosage
    • Dominant aroma: White fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Aperitif wine
    • Grape variety: Pinot noir, Chardonnay

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    Grande Cuvée Billecart-Salmon 1982

    iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format