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 $12500 - $18000 with a reserve of $9500. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11583. In this lot you will find 1 bottle of 2008 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne (1500ml),
2 bottles of 2006 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne (750ml),
2 bottles of 2004 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne (750ml),
2 bottles of 2007 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne (750ml).
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A Quebec-based consignor, he developed an interest in wine after dining at Bistro Champlain and enjoying bottles from its iconic cellar. He has been collecting for the past 15 years, during which he primarily purchased bottles through the SAQ, though he also added to his collection while traveling or at auction. His wine collection was carefully stored in his home cellar, maintained at a consistent 12°C with humidity levels between 45-49%.
The rating for 2008 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne is 100 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - 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. The rating for 2004 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne is 96 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - 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.
The rating for 2007 Salon Cuvee S Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne is 96 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - 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.