Billecart-Salmon - Le Clos Saint-Hilaire2009
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Billecart-Salmon - Le Clos Saint-Hilaire label

Producer Billecart Salmon
Country France
Region Champagne
UPC 3113945207780

Reviews

James Suckling 98

This Champagne is wonderfully rich on the nose, seducing with aromas of delicious yellow nectarines, sourdough, applesauce, white flowers and raspberries, alongside toast, tobacco and a hint of white truffles. It's layered and generous with very fine, very soft bubbles. Already approachable, yet with subtle power and bright acidity to age for a long time.

by CN, James Suckling , 2025

Vinous Media 98

The 2009 Extra Brut Le Clos Saint-Hilaire is stellar. I can't remember a young Clos Saint-Hilaire with this much sheer immediacy. Then again, we are talking about 2009. Blood orange, spice, gingerbread and new leather play off a core of vibrant, red-toned Pinot fruit. Blocking the malolactic fermentation further emphasizes energy. The 2009 finishes with mind-blowing purity and exceptional finesse. This is the first vintage with some of the production bottled in magnum. The essence of Pinot. Dosage is 2 grams per liter. Disgorged: January 2024.

by AG, Vinous Media , 2025

Technical Details

Estate

The Champagnes of Maison Billecart-Salmon are above all created thanks to the knowledge of the men who rigorously cultivate an estate of 100 hectares, obtaining grapes from an area totaling 300 hectares across 40 crus of the Champagne region. The majority of the grapes used for vinification come from a radius of 20km around Epernay, where the Grand Crus of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay co-exist, in the ethereal vineyards of the Montagne de Reims, the Vallée de la Marne and the Côte des Blancs.