This lot is comprised of 7 bottle(s) of 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne - MIXED. Estimate for this lot is between $11500 - $15500 with a reserve of $8500. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11844. Detailed lot - 1 bottle of 2008 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne (1.5L), 1 bottle of 2004 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne (750ml), 1 bottle of 2004 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne (750ml), 1 bottle of 2007 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne (750ml), 1 bottle of 2007 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne (750ml), 1 bottle of 2006 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne (750ml), 1 bottle of 2006 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne (750ml).
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Sparked by a memorable tasting while working in hospitality, the owner began building his collection in 2015. The bottles were primarily acquired through LCBO Vintages monthly cellar offerings, with select additions from the SAQ and reputable auctions. Transported in temperature-controlled vehicles from the point of purchase, the collection has been stored in a professional facility, Fine Wine Reserve.
2008 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne from this lot has the following scores - Vinous 100 points, Decanter 100 points. This is the tasting note for 2008 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne from Robert Parker - with a score of 100 points. Disgorged in January 2019 with six grams per liter dosage, Salon's 2008 Brut Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil is a striking wine, unwinding in the glass with scents of citrus oil, fresh bread, crisp green apple, white flowers, smoke and oyster shell. Full-bodied, layered and incisive, it's deep and concentrated, with a tightly coiled core of fruit that's underpinned by a racy spine of acidity. Seamless and unerringly precise, it concludes with a long and penetratingly mineral finish. Immense though its potential for aging is, its intensity and balance make it pleasurable as well as persuasive, even today. Given the eye-watering price of this magnum-only release, I was determined to hold the wine to the highest possible standards, but it surpasses even the prodigious 1996 and surely ranks as the finest Salon since at least the 1970s. In short, this is a Blanc de Blancs that admits no argument. 2004 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne from this lot has the following scores - Vinous 94 points, Jeb Dunnuck 94 points, Winedoctor 94 points, Adrian van Velsen - vvWine.ch 94 points, Wine Spectator 93 points, Falstaff Magazine 93 points, CellarTracker 93 points, Jeff Leve The Wine Cellar Insider 93 points, The Wine Advocate 92 points. This is the tasting note for 2004 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne from Robert Parker - The 2004 Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil Brut is another rather structured, tensile wine from a generally rather open vintage. Wafting from the glass are scents of citrus rind, crisp green apple, preserved citrus, fresh bread and smoke. Medium to full-bodied, tangy and chiseled, with fine depth at the core and a long, chalky finish, it's complemented by a pillowy pinpoint mousse. Unlike many wines from 2004, this Salon (tasted from a bottle disgorged in January 2019) still has potential to improve with further bottle age. 2007 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne from this lot has the following scores - Wine Enthusiast 99 points, Decanter 98 points, James Suckling 97 points. This is the tasting note for 2007 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne from Robert Parker - The 2007 Brut Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil is showing very well, unwinding in the glass with scents of citrus pith, smoke, crisp green apple, Anjou pear, white flowers and subtle hints of fresh herbs. Medium to full-bodied, pillowy and incisive, it's fine-boned and precise, with a bright spine of acidity, an elegantly fleshy core of fruit and a pretty, pinpoint mousse. Like the other vintages of Salon reviewed here, this bottle was disgorged in January 2019. 2006 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne from this lot has the following scores - Wine Enthusiast 100 points. This is the tasting note for 2006 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne from Robert Parker - with a score of 95 points. The 2006 Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil Brut is quite tangy and reserved by the standards of this sunny, demonstrative vintage. Offering up aromas of smoke, toasted bread, orange oil, mocha and confit lemon, it's medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, with racy acids and a concentrated, surprisingly structured mid-palate. Concluding with a long and gently empyreumatic finish, this is a fine success. This bottle was disgorged in January 2019.
