2012 Champagne Billecart-Salmon, Cuvée Nicolas François, Extra Brut

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2012 Champagne Billecart-Salmon, Cuvée Nicolas François, Extra BrutThe 2012 Nicolas Franois shows an initial burst of quite elegant, piercing grapefruit amongst some delicate notes of honey butter and white petals. This opens up to a more hearty, tactile core. The palate is beautifully balanced and pure, with some more white blossom. Theres a tautness and persistent acidity that carries through towards the finish. A beautiful touch of salinity brings the wine to an emphatic close.

lifting the aromatics and injecting even more vigour

This is at once ripe yet distinctly cool with its fresh and still mostly primary ultra-spicy red currant

rosewater and wildflower meadows

or so it seems

Really fine with obvious botrytis

tannin and alcohol

which is one of the greatest compliments we can pay it

The bouquet has a magnificent classicism to it

Christian Seely attributes this to the wonderful terroir of the best Merlot plots around the château

This is a unique Champagne in the fact that it is "non greffée"—from 100% non-grafted vines

The nose is wonderfully pure and elegant

one of the top three Sherry casks that we’ve ever been lucky enough to taste