2000 Billecart-Salmon Nicolas Francois Billecart Vintage Brut

Champagne Blend - 750ML
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WE 95 WA 94 JG 93 WS 93
WE 95

Wine Enthusiast, December 2011

<strong> # 67 on Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2011</strong>; A wine that strikes a great balance between its intense fruitiness and a pure steely character. It makes it a dry Champagne with...
WA 94

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, November 2011

The 2000 Brut Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart impresses for its sheer purity and focus. Nothing is out of place in this beautifully delineated precise wine. Cool minty notes add lift yet the 2000 is rather reticent at...
JG 93

View From The Cellar, October 2014

The 2000 Cuvée Nicolas-François was showing quite well at our vertical tasting, with a completely wide open personality that delivers scents of apple tangerine, plenty of smokiness, a fine base of soil and a topnote of...
WS 93

Wine Spectator, December 2011

Bright focused acidity drives lightly smoked flavors of candied currant and blackberry and patisserie apple with hints of ground espresso cumin and crystallized honey. A mineral note threads through the refined texture...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Sparkling
Varietal Champagne Blend
Country France
Region Champagne
Vintage 2000
Size 750ML

Champagne Billecart-Salmon is an independent and family-owned champagne house situated in the charming village of Mareuil-sur-Ay in the heart of Champagne. It was founded in 1818 after the marriage of Nicolas Francois Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon.

Since then, for almost 200 years, every member of the Billecart family has continued to stand by their oath of giving priority to quality and striving for excellence. Today, the 6th generation is represented by Francois and Antoine Roland-Billecart, who lead this independent house with the support of their father, Jean Roland-Billecart. The firm owns 74 acres of its own vines and purchases grapes from growers comprising another 346 acres. Ninety percent of the fruit for Billecart comes from 40 crus within a 20-mile radius of Epernay.

The Billecart portfolio includes the Brut Reserve, Brut Rose, Extra Brut, Demi-Sec, Brut Sous Bois, Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru, Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart, and the ultimate expression for the House, the vintage Le Clos Saint Hilaire, a blanc de noirs Champagne sourced from a tiny plot planted in 1964.

The winery employs sustainable viticulture practices, without the use of pesticides and herbicides, and the wines are aged in oak in Billecart's limestone cellars.