Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart Brut Champagne Blend 2006

Conrad Green

Still young. Lemon oil and chalk stuff. Fresh and precise. Oily. Very good

Ron R

Freshly toasted bread on the nose. Notes of baked apple on the nose. Pin-point bubbles dance on the tongue. Moderate oak treatment completes a classic bubbly example.

Ira Schwartz

Opened to celebrate my great-nephew’s bris. A wonderful combination of freshness and purity . A bodacious wine that is never trashy. Nice acidic cut that enhances the ripe fruit. A lasting finish . Thanks @Randy Lampert , a very proud dad.

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

This is really delicious...can’t believe it was on sale under $100. Happy New Year All.

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The 2006 Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart is shaping up to be a jewel of a wine, but it needs time to be at its best. I am surprised by how tightly wound it is. But that only makes me think what it might develop into with time in the cellar. Lemon confit, white flowers, mint, crushed rocks and sage meld together in a bright, crystalline Champagne endowed with terrific purity. The 2006 is 60% Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims and the Vallée de la Marne and 40% Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs, mostly done in steel, with just a touch of oak, around 5%. Dosage is 6 grams per liter. (Originally published in August 2020) (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, November 2020)

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

Nose reveals macerated fruits of; green apples, pineapple, sour & macerated lemon, limes, kiwi, white peach, golden apple, candle /beeswax, understated white spice, limestone & volcanic powder, sea fossils & spray, caramel, vanillin, light herbaceousness, mint, yeast, bread dough, notes of melted brown sugar with white flowers, jasmine and yellow lilies. The mouthfeel is lush & beautiful. The mousse so soft. The acidity is finely focused & lively. Slightly less (than the nose) macerated fruits notes of; green apples, pineapple, sour & macerated lemon, limes, kiwi, white peach, golden apple, candle /beeswax, understated white spice with perfect razor blade penetration on the tongue, Fine limestone & grey volcanic powder, sea fossils & spray, melted caramel, vanillin, light herbaceousness, mint, yeast, bread dough, used wood presence, notes of melted brown sugar with brighter white flowers, jasmine, mixed greens, and yellow lilies than the nose. Steal at $99.

Lee Pitofsky

Richness, elegance, freshness, biscuits, roasted nuts, apple core.

Greg Koslosky

Riper and intense with power and length . Not very elegant but rather a full-bodied Champagne .

Vanessa

Complex aromas and flavors of brioche, biscuit, flaky croissant, toast, almond paste, cream, lemon curd, baked yellow apple, pear, chalk, and white blossom

Vanessa

We love this juice! It’s starting to show some of our favorite bubbly tertiary aromas and flavors - baked apple and quince, dried lemon peel, hazelnut, blanched almond, marzipan - but it undoubtedly had the bones for a longer runway. Still happy to sip it now, albeit partway through its true lifespan!!