2 magnums per lot
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CHAMPAGNE SALON - LE MESNIL
A uuque offering of 2 magnums of Champagne Salon le Mesnil 1983, of only 1000 magnums produced.
At Salon, only in the best years is the wine chosen to be made into a vintage Champagne. On average this happens every three years, so that in over eighty years of history 1983 is only the thirtieth vintage of Salon - Le Mesnil. It is seldom, therefore, that two consecutive years are declared as vintage, such was the case in 1928 and 1929 and more recently the 1982 and 1983.
Vintage 1983
The 1983 growing season saw a dry, warm and sunny Spring and Summer producing an abundant crop in Mesnil-sur Oger. Once in cuves, the nascent wine showed a wonderful acidity promising great longevity for the 1983. After twelve years of gentle maturation ion the cellars of Salon, the 1983 vinateg was released in 1995 as a wine of great finesse and complexity.
History
Salon - le Mesnil is the original Blanc de Blancs Champagne, created at the turn of this century by Eugène-Aimé Salon. After many years of making Salon for himself and his friends he produced his first commercial vintage in 1921.
A perfectionist, gourmet and wealthy Champenois, Aimé Salon believed that he could make a Champagne of extraordinary elegance and finesse by using only the Chardonnay grape, and only certain Chardonnay grapes from one Grand Cru Village in the Côtes des Blancs: Mesnil-sur-Oger. Champagne Salon today is made exclusively from hand-selected Chardonnay grapes from the same 20 or so vineyards in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger originally chosen by Eugène-Aimé Salon.
Vinification
Salon makes its wine only in the greatest vintage years. Champagne Salon makes no other wine other than this rare vintage, tête de cuvée Blanc de Blancs.
First comes the hyper-selection of grapes: Much of Salon's extraordinary style - perfumed nose, exquisite balance, multiple layers of flavor, firm structure, tiny mousse, long-finish, etc. are determined by the grapes from three distinct micro-regions in this appellation. Salon makes the wine only in the greatest of years, when the grapes develop the ideal combination of rich fruit, sugar and high acidity.
Salon uses only the first pressing, gaining the highest acidity and best quality of the grape. Salon never puts its wine through malolactic fermentation. This retains the refreshing crispness and profound depth of flavor that are the hallmarks of Salon.
Unique Handling
Salon is kept on its yeast in deep chalk cellars in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger until a specific order is received.. The bottles are then disgorged by hand for each order, with the cellarmaster inspecting the bouquet of each bottle.
The following two magnums were especially released by Champagne Salon for this sale.
Salon Brut, Le Mesnil--Vintage 1983
In individual original wooden cases
2 magnums per lot
A uuque offering of 2 magnums of Champagne Salon le Mesnil 1983, of only 1000 magnums produced.
At Salon, only in the best years is the wine chosen to be made into a vintage Champagne. On average this happens every three years, so that in over eighty years of history 1983 is only the thirtieth vintage of Salon - Le Mesnil. It is seldom, therefore, that two consecutive years are declared as vintage, such was the case in 1928 and 1929 and more recently the 1982 and 1983.
Vintage 1983
The 1983 growing season saw a dry, warm and sunny Spring and Summer producing an abundant crop in Mesnil-sur Oger. Once in cuves, the nascent wine showed a wonderful acidity promising great longevity for the 1983. After twelve years of gentle maturation ion the cellars of Salon, the 1983 vinateg was released in 1995 as a wine of great finesse and complexity.
History
Salon - le Mesnil is the original Blanc de Blancs Champagne, created at the turn of this century by Eugène-Aimé Salon. After many years of making Salon for himself and his friends he produced his first commercial vintage in 1921.
A perfectionist, gourmet and wealthy Champenois, Aimé Salon believed that he could make a Champagne of extraordinary elegance and finesse by using only the Chardonnay grape, and only certain Chardonnay grapes from one Grand Cru Village in the Côtes des Blancs: Mesnil-sur-Oger. Champagne Salon today is made exclusively from hand-selected Chardonnay grapes from the same 20 or so vineyards in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger originally chosen by Eugène-Aimé Salon.
Vinification
Salon makes its wine only in the greatest vintage years. Champagne Salon makes no other wine other than this rare vintage, tête de cuvée Blanc de Blancs.
First comes the hyper-selection of grapes: Much of Salon's extraordinary style - perfumed nose, exquisite balance, multiple layers of flavor, firm structure, tiny mousse, long-finish, etc. are determined by the grapes from three distinct micro-regions in this appellation. Salon makes the wine only in the greatest of years, when the grapes develop the ideal combination of rich fruit, sugar and high acidity.
Salon uses only the first pressing, gaining the highest acidity and best quality of the grape. Salon never puts its wine through malolactic fermentation. This retains the refreshing crispness and profound depth of flavor that are the hallmarks of Salon.
Unique Handling
Salon is kept on its yeast in deep chalk cellars in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger until a specific order is received.. The bottles are then disgorged by hand for each order, with the cellarmaster inspecting the bouquet of each bottle.
The following two magnums were especially released by Champagne Salon for this sale.
Salon Brut, Le Mesnil--Vintage 1983
In individual original wooden cases
2 magnums per lot