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95 points - Billecart-Salmon, Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart, Brut Champagne, 1996, 1996

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Consistent notes from the professionals on this Champagne.....

"An evening with friends began with the brilliant 1996 Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart Champagne. With exquisite minerality, laser-like citrus notes, full-bodied intensity, and delicately flavored, this is a superb champagne to drink over the next 5-6 years."

Score: 95 Robert Parker, Hedonists Gazette, April 2009

"The exquisite, well-made 1996 vintage Champagne is a backward, long-term proposition that remains 1-2 years away from its apogee. The medium-bodied 1996 Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart possesses tart, crisp, lemon-like notes along with wet rock, pear, honeysuckle, and green apple characteristics. It should last for a decade or more."

Score: 94+ Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (162), December 2005

"Intense aromas of toasted brioche, apple crumble and apricots with cream plus a drizzle of honey. The palate provides superb concentration of pure apple and stone fruit flavours complimented by a little nuttiness. Very dry and crisp. Long finish adding some chalky / minerality. Still very youthful. Drink now to 2020+. Tasted May 2009."

Score: 95 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, eRobertParker.com, September 2009

"Fabulous nose combines lemon, orange zest, quinine and steely minerality with suggestions of toffee and brown spices. Wonderfully precise and vivid on the palate, delivering an impression of outstanding concentration and grip with a light touch. Extremely fine-grained Champagne with strong but integrated acidity. As young as this is, it's harmonious from the outset. The building finish is pristine, chewy and extremely long."

Score: 95 Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar, December 2004

"A very dry style of Champagne that needs food. At this stage, this wine is young, with vibrant acidity and dense, green fruit. But it has a long future ahead of it, and shortly should show some toast and maturity. Serve this with fish, and appreciate its qualities even more."

Score: 95 points Wine Enthusiast 2005

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184722

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95 points - Billecart-Salmon, Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart, Brut Champagne, 1996

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1 bottles, 75cl each

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Duty Paid

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Sparkling

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France, Salta

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Into Neck (IN)

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95 points - Billecart-Salmon, Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart, Brut Champagne, 1996, 1996

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Description

Consistent notes from the professionals on this Champagne.....

"An evening with friends began with the brilliant 1996 Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart Champagne. With exquisite minerality, laser-like citrus notes, full-bodied intensity, and delicately flavored, this is a superb champagne to drink over the next 5-6 years."

Score: 95 Robert Parker, Hedonists Gazette, April 2009

"The exquisite, well-made 1996 vintage Champagne is a backward, long-term proposition that remains 1-2 years away from its apogee. The medium-bodied 1996 Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart possesses tart, crisp, lemon-like notes along with wet rock, pear, honeysuckle, and green apple characteristics. It should last for a decade or more."

Score: 94+ Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (162), December 2005

"Intense aromas of toasted brioche, apple crumble and apricots with cream plus a drizzle of honey. The palate provides superb concentration of pure apple and stone fruit flavours complimented by a little nuttiness. Very dry and crisp. Long finish adding some chalky / minerality. Still very youthful. Drink now to 2020+. Tasted May 2009."

Score: 95 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, eRobertParker.com, September 2009

"Fabulous nose combines lemon, orange zest, quinine and steely minerality with suggestions of toffee and brown spices. Wonderfully precise and vivid on the palate, delivering an impression of outstanding concentration and grip with a light touch. Extremely fine-grained Champagne with strong but integrated acidity. As young as this is, it's harmonious from the outset. The building finish is pristine, chewy and extremely long."

Score: 95 Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar, December 2004

"A very dry style of Champagne that needs food. At this stage, this wine is young, with vibrant acidity and dense, green fruit. But it has a long future ahead of it, and shortly should show some toast and maturity. Serve this with fish, and appreciate its qualities even more."

Score: 95 points Wine Enthusiast 2005

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Item ID:

184722

Name:

95 points - Billecart-Salmon, Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart, Brut Champagne, 1996

Producer:

Quantity / Size:

1 bottles, 75cl each

Duty Status:

Duty Paid

Wine Type:

Sparkling

Country / Region:

France, Salta

Fill Level:

Into Neck (IN)

Ended:

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£15 to mainland UK
From GL6, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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