Billecart-Salmon Brut Clos Saint-Hilaire 2005
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Billecart-Salmon Brut Clos Saint-Hilaire 2005

Billecart-Salmon Brut Clos Saint-Hilaire 2005

$635.56
Billecart-Salmon Brut Clos Saint-Hilaire 2005—
$635.56

The Story

 

The terroir’s magic combined with an ancestral savoir-faire reveals a sublime golden yellow hue, underlined by intense golden reflections. A graceful effervescence softened by the patina of time. A noble and racy expression with the olfactory impact of an elegant vinosity and complex aromatic notes (shortbread biscuits, floral fragrances and white truffle). A refined blossoming highlighting the sparkling concentrations of ripe fruits (nuts, sweet spices and roasted mango). A full-bodied and intense texture evoking citrus fruit flesh and pears in syrup (iodine notes, mandarin pulp), as well as subtle hints of panettone, bursting with rich flavors (puffed buckwheat and licorice wood). The wine is characterized by a mesmerizing yet expressive charm, with a generosity that carries the finish towards a delicious chalky minerality.

This micro cuvee will pair wonderfully with a wild turbot and Burmese coffee.

98 Points - James Suckling

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.

96 Points - 

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

95 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Disgorged at the end of 2019 with a dosage of one gram per liter, Billecart-Salmon’s 2005 Brut Le Clos Saint-Hilaire is the eighth edition (the release sequence is 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2005; Mathieu Roland-Billecart released this vintage after the 2006, to give it more time to mature in bottle.) This 100% Pinot Noir from the single vineyard in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ has a bright, vibrant, fresh nose of orchard fruits, dried fruits, nuts, pastry and spices. The palate is tense, delicate and medium-bodied and evokes notes of white pepper and chalk with a saline finish and a gently bitter aftertaste due to the vintage. It's a little more austere than the 2006 vintage but precise and crystalline.

95 Points - Wine Spectator

A fragrant, appealing Champagne, with wafts of elderflower and medicinal herbs on the nose, followed by expressive flavors of dried white cherry, Marcona almond, white truffle, oyster shell and lemon peel. Fresh and focused, with a satiny mousse and a salty finish of oyster shell and chalk. Disgorged winter 2019. Drink now through 2033.

Description

 

The terroir’s magic combined with an ancestral savoir-faire reveals a sublime golden yellow hue, underlined by intense golden reflections. A graceful effervescence softened by the patina of time. A noble and racy expression with the olfactory impact of an elegant vinosity and complex aromatic notes (shortbread biscuits, floral fragrances and white truffle). A refined blossoming highlighting the sparkling concentrations of ripe fruits (nuts, sweet spices and roasted mango). A full-bodied and intense texture evoking citrus fruit flesh and pears in syrup (iodine notes, mandarin pulp), as well as subtle hints of panettone, bursting with rich flavors (puffed buckwheat and licorice wood). The wine is characterized by a mesmerizing yet expressive charm, with a generosity that carries the finish towards a delicious chalky minerality.

This micro cuvee will pair wonderfully with a wild turbot and Burmese coffee.

98 Points - James Suckling

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.

96 Points - 

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

95 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Disgorged at the end of 2019 with a dosage of one gram per liter, Billecart-Salmon’s 2005 Brut Le Clos Saint-Hilaire is the eighth edition (the release sequence is 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2005; Mathieu Roland-Billecart released this vintage after the 2006, to give it more time to mature in bottle.) This 100% Pinot Noir from the single vineyard in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ has a bright, vibrant, fresh nose of orchard fruits, dried fruits, nuts, pastry and spices. The palate is tense, delicate and medium-bodied and evokes notes of white pepper and chalk with a saline finish and a gently bitter aftertaste due to the vintage. It's a little more austere than the 2006 vintage but precise and crystalline.

95 Points - Wine Spectator

A fragrant, appealing Champagne, with wafts of elderflower and medicinal herbs on the nose, followed by expressive flavors of dried white cherry, Marcona almond, white truffle, oyster shell and lemon peel. Fresh and focused, with a satiny mousse and a salty finish of oyster shell and chalk. Disgorged winter 2019. Drink now through 2033.

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