Billecart Salmon: Champagne Les Rendez-vous de Billecart-Salmon No. 8 Brut

Name: Champagne Les Rendez-vous de Billecart-Salmon No. 8 Brut
Brand: Billecart Salmon
SKU: 79725H
Price: 872 DKK
Availability: InStock

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: Pinot Meunier 100%

: hvid, tør; Fermentering på flaske; Perling; 12,0% Vol.

: mineral; let & frisk

: Lobenberg: 95–96/100; Suckling: 94/100; Jeb Dunnuck: 94/100; Decanter: 94/100

: Frankrig, Champagne, Vallée de la Marne

: Allergener: Sulfitter,

Tapperi / Importør: Champagne Billecart-Salmon, 40 Rue Carnot, 51160 Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, FRANKREICH

Med Les Rendez-Vous de Billecart-Salmon-kollektionen åbner Maison et nyt kapitel: en serie champagner i begrænset oplag, som hver især er dedikeret til en druesort og et terroir. Rendez-Vous No 8 er helt dedikeret til druesorten Meunier fra Leuvrigny-terroiret, som er kendt for sin meget rene kalksten. Den er baseret på 2018-årgangen og har ligget på gæren i over 5 år, før den blev degorgeret i oktober 2024 med en lav dosering på 3,5 g/l. I modsætning til den noget rundere og stærkere Rendez-vous No 7 er No 8 mere kridtagtig, salt og stram. Den tenderer mere mod hvide blomster, grønne og røde æbler, solbær og pomelo. Intens salt finish med meget fin mineralitet og levende struktur. Ligesom nr. 7 er det en fascinerende Meunier, men i tilfældet med nr. 8 er det en noget mere kalkholdig og subtilt strammere version.

Suckling om: Champagne Les Rendez-vous de Billecart-Salmon No. 8 Brut

This has aromas of orchard fruit like apples and pears, plus grapefruit, sea shells and bread crust. Chalky minerality on the palate, which has a lively acidic backbone. Tight bubbles. Dry, driven and chalky finish. Meunier from the 2018 harvest. Vinified in stainless steel with full malolactic. 3.9 g/L dosage. Disgorged October 2024. Drink now.

Jeb Dunnuck om: Champagne Les Rendez-vous de Billecart-Salmon No. 8 Brut

The NV Champagne Le Rendez-Vous De Billecart-Salmon No. 8 Meunier Extra Brut is highly appealing on opening, offering an attractive bouquet and more pointed verticality that persists throughout the wine, which is my personal preference of these two wines. Medium to full-bodied, it’s zesty and energetic, with notes of strawberries, salty earth, peppery spice, and grapefruit zest, and exhibits very nice energy throughout, culminating in a long-lasting finish. It retains more nervous energy by comparison and is also likely to have the structure to hold up longer over time. It had 3.9 grams per liter dosage and the total residual sugar is 4.4.

Decanter om: Champagne Les Rendez-vous de Billecart-Salmon No. 8 Brut

Anyone wanting to discover what the Meunier grape can do in Champagne might consider comparing the two new Rendez-Vous releases from specialists in the grape, Billecart-Salmon. The house has chosen to highlight two very different terroirs with wines based on the solar 2018 vintage. Next to No 7's outgoing character from its south-facing location in Venteuil, No 8 presents a rarer expression of Meunier with its beautifully sizzling, racy, chalky build reminding us of how much refinement this grape is capable of in certain terroirs. In this case it's the village of Leuvrigny, tucked away behind the south bank of the Marne river, that provides this finesse with its finely drawn flavours of sweet fresh raspberry, honey, oatmeal and yellow plums. As with No 7, this features no oak, allowing the purity to shine.

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