Lot 158
SALON CHAMPAGNE BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT 2004 (2) WA 96
SALON CHAMPAGNE BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT 2006 (2) WA 95
SALON CHAMPAGNE BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT 2007 (2) WA 96
SALON CHAMPAGNE BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT 2008 (1 MAG., OWC) WA 100
Lot 158 Details
SALON CHAMPAGNE BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT 2004 (2)
Champagne.
Medium to full-bodied, tangy and chiseled, with fine depth at the core and a long, chalky finish, it's complemented by a pillowy pinpoint mousse. Unlike many wines from 2004, this Salon (tasted from a bottle disgorged in January 2019) still has potential to improve with further bottle age. March 2021 WA 96
SALON CHAMPAGNE BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT 2006 (2)
Champagne.
Offering up aromas of smoke, toasted bread, orange oil, mocha and confit lemon, it's medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, with racy acids and a concentrated, surprisingly structured mid-palate. Concluding with a long and gently empyreumatic finish, this is a fine success. March 2021 WA 95
SALON CHAMPAGNE BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT 2007 (2)
Champagne.
The 2007 Brut Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil is showing very well, unwinding in the glass with scents of citrus pith, smoke, crisp green apple, Anjou pear, white flowers and subtle hints of fresh herbs. Medium to full-bodied, pillowy and incisive, it's fine-boned and precise, with a bright spine of acidity, an elegantly fleshy core of fruit and a pretty, pinpoint mousse. March 2021 WA 96
SALON CHAMPAGNE BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT 2008 (1 mag., OWC)
Champagne.
Seamless and unerringly precise, it concludes with a long and penetratingly mineral finish. Immense though its potential for aging is, its intensity and balance make it pleasurable as well as persuasive, even today. Given the eye-watering price of this magnum-only release, I was determined to hold the wine to the highest possible standards, but it surpasses even the prodigious 1996 and surely ranks as the finest Salon since at least the 1970s. In short, this is a Blanc de Blancs that admits no argument. March 2021 WA 100
