Billecart-Salmon 2008 Elizabeth Rosé Champagne is Forbes Wine of the Week

On June 30th, journalist Brian Freedman of Forbes discussed his top wine of the week - Billecart-Salmon 2008 Elizabeth Rosé Champagne.

My white Wine of the Week—actually, it’s a rosé, and a stunning one, at that—is the Champagne Billecart Salmon Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon Brut Rosé 2008, a wine that both exemplifies what makes this venerable house so important, and at the same time challenges expectations.

Billecart Salmon has deep roots: They stretch back to 1818, and in the 200-plus years since the marriage of Elisabeth Salmon and Nicolas François Billecart, the house has remained family-owned and operated. Today, it’s helmed by Mathieu Rolland-Billecart, the seventh generation of the family to do so. The wines, as has been my experience for decades now, continue to inspire and impress.

The Brut Rosé NV remains a benchmark of the style, and the Brut Sous Bois NV showcases how profound and delicious an impact creative uses of oak can have on great non-vintage Champagne. But it’s the Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon Brut Rosé 2008, which was just released this past May, that I can’t stop thinking about.

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