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Bottle of Billecart-Salmon Champagne Extra Brut Millesime 2008-Sparkling Wine-Flatiron SF

Billecart-Salmon Champagne Extra Brut Millesime 2008 [NET]

Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France
by Billecart-Salmon
$139.99
NET

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What is this wine?
Founded in 1818, Billecart-Salmon is one of Champagne’s most respected family-owned houses, famed for precision, elegance, and age-worthy cuvées. The Extra Brut Millésime 2008 is a blend of Grand Cru and Premier Cru fruit, 65% Pinot Noir and 35% Chardonnay. It was vinified partly in oak and matured for over a decade on the lees before release. The vintage 2008 is already regarded as one of Champagne’s greatest of the modern era, producing wines with tension, structure, and exceptional longevity.

Why get this wine?
This bottling brings together a legendary vintage, top terroirs, and Billecart’s refined winemaking. It’s a benchmark Champagne for collectors, offering both immediate brilliance and decades of cellaring potential. Compared to prestige cuvées of the same year, it delivers outstanding value.

What does this wine taste like?
Precise and mineral-driven, with lemon zest, green apple, and white peach layered over brioche, hazelnut, and chalky salinity. Taut, elegant, and incredibly long on the finish.

When should you drink this wine?
Superb now with aeration, but best 2026–2045. Ideal for special occasions, fine seafood, caviar, or simply as a contemplative glass on its own.

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Founded in 1818 by Nicolas Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon, the estate is now managed by the seventh generation of the family to do so, brothers François and Antoine Roland-Billecart. The house operates on the philosophy that an early harvest yields more elegant, delicate Champagnes and continues to produce in this structure-driven style that has made them one of the most iconic champagnes of our time.

When the time comes to blend the cuvees, every morning at the cave of Maison Billecart-Salmon a team of family members and employees assemble for a blind tasting. Each wine is analyzed, voted on, and then assigned to an appropriate cuvée.

This painstaking process (tasting vin clair is no picnic) is done with every single wine in the cellar, multiple times over. It guarantees exceptional quality, consistent style, and ensures Billecart remains one of Champagne's greatest houses. In top vintages all that hard work ensures that the Vintage wine is a perfect reflection of everything that year has to offer.

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Chardonnay , Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    2008

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Style

    Aromatic , Fruity , Rich

  • Sweetness

    Champagne Extra Brut , Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied