NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Reserve "2000"

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 89.6 points

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  7/13/2022 - thewiz Likes this wine: 93 Points

  (Disgorged in summer of 1999, base year 1996, approx. 30% Pinot Noir, 45% Meunier and 25% Chardonnay)
  Lovely golden yellow colour with slow streams of fine bubbles rising in the glass. Nose is mature showing some honey, dark chocolate, butterscotch and juniper wood at first and opens up with marzipan and cream in a delicious way. Nice and smooth yellow apples acidity on the palate combined with a honey smooth creaminess on the mid before a distinct dried herbs and lime zest bitterness takes over on the lengthy finish. This in a lovely spot right now!
  (Still drinking very well with 23 years of post-disgorgement cellaring)

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  11/21/2015 - emzee.mc wrote: 91 Points

  The wine is popped and immediately served right after. Showing the first signs of age, this champagne pours a deep golden color with tiny bubbles and rather long legs. On the nose is a mixture of marzipan, apple chips, cinnamon, honey, lemon, grass and toasty brioche. The doughy yeast is particularly present too. The palate tells a familiar tale as well, with the wine flaunting an unctuous and thick structure with a precise, mineral streak. Despite the expansive structure, there is great balance indeed. Bubbles are light and effervescence is minimal. Flavors of granny smith apples, honey, lemon curd, toast and earthy mushrooms are there and on point. Despite the acidity being somewhat low, the finish is rather long with a clean, distinct cut in the end.

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  2/23/2010 - tplskylrk wrote:

  W Squared II (Decanter Rest - Jakarta Indonesia): Good stuff. Incredibly pale. Small bubbles. Yeast, minerals, big fruit. Very nice.

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  12/27/2009 - thedood wrote: 95 Points

  The best of many of these bottles. Fabulous balance and length undisturbed by bitterness or twist.

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  12/31/1999 - PeterMole wrote:

  dat is lekker zeg. Lekkerder dan de Roederer die ik mij herinner. Bij de zalm. Zacht, net genoeg zuur en geurig.

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