1982 Billecart-Salmon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Millésimé

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  11/26/2019 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 Points

  For those that enjoy old champagne, this is what it’s all about. Amazing pop when I opened the extremely tight cork. Gentle stream of fine bubbles which held on to life for half an hour. There’s a distinct note of caramel which to some tasters resembled sherry but others attributed it to age rather than oxidation. While not the ultimate in complexity there are numerous flavors of yellow fruits. Acidity a trifle low perhaps but it’s still clinging to life. Very interesting.

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  1/18/2017 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Lovely old Billecart-Salmon, mellow yet complex and interesting. Very faint mousse which lasted a few minutes. Hint of caramel but yellow fruit predominates. This seems like it will last but not improve. Very nice.

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  4/5/2014 - Ben F Likes this wine: 95 Points

  From magnum. Opened for daughter's first birthday at Jado Sushi, Harlem NYC.
  
  Brilliant mature BdB champagne, with Billecart-Salmon's signature elegance and precision framing the fully mature chardonnay fruit. Wish I had more.

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  2/5/2014 - sdr Likes this wine: 95 Points

  The best experience yet from this exquisite, lively bubbly. Remarkable amount of mousse. Yellow, no gold. The perfect junction of old and secondary and aged complexity. Real blancs de blancs character. Yellow fruits, almost peachy in the upper register. Wonderful finish. Provenance is crucial with champagne and someone took very good care of this bottle (AMC live auction).

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  1/21/2014 - rnellans wrote: 95 Points

  yellow gold. Toast, spice, citrus, pear aromas. Good acidity and balance. Lovely.

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