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Thursday, April 17, 2014 - Billecart-Salmon Champagne, Burgundies, Rhones, Bordeaux etc with Sebastien, Brandon and Maciej (Museum Hotel, Wellington): This is Sebastien's favourite, but, as a Blanc de Blancs, is not the most popular in the range. The NV we tried is from three vintages, with 2009 the base. Eight grams of sugar of dosage per litre. Very pale lemon colour with subdued bead. Bouquet pure with green apple, some stone fruit and cherries. Some wet stone and minerality, with light autolysis notes. On palate, quite ripe but with racy acids. Well balanced with good weight and structure. Pure, clean flavours: citric, malic, pear and a subtle leesy, autolysis element. Rich and open with some evolution suggested. Quite long, finished nutty, dry and crisp. Would be great with seafood and could be cellared. 91.

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