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1996 Salon Le Mesnil - 6x75cl
1996SALM6PK _ 1996 - Salon Le Mesnil - 6x75cl
  • Colour Champagne_Sparkling
  • Producer Salon
  • Region Champagne
  • Grape Chardonnay
  • Drinking 2012 - 2035
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

1996 - Salon Le Mesnil - 6x75cl

  • Colour Champagne Sparkling
  • Producer Salon
  • Region Champagne
  • Grape Chardonnay
  • Drinking 2012 - 2035
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £7,819.24 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £1,303.20 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £6,500.00 In Bond
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  • Antonio Galloni, June 2016, Score: 98

    The 1996 Salon is just beginning to enter the early part of its plateau of maturity. Time in bottle has softened some of the razor-sharp focus the 1996 had when it was first released, but all of the energy it had as a young Champagne remains. A host of candied lemon, almonds and wild flowers punctuate the sculpted, persistent finish. Readers who own the 1996 can look forward to another two decades or more of exceptional drinking. This is the ultimate expression of Champagne as wine. 98/100. Date 2016-2036.

Producer

Salon

Region

Champagne

Champagne, the world's greatest sparkling wine, needs little introduction - with imitations produced in virtually every country capable of growing grapes, including such unlikely candidates as India and China. The Champagne region, to the north of Paris, has the most northerly vineyards in France, with vines grown on slopes with a southerly exposure to maximise sunlight. The soil is chalky, providing an excellent balance of drainage and water retention. The key to the wine is in the cellar - the bubbles result from a second fermentation in the bottle and the rich toasty flavours in great Champagne come from extended bottle ageing on the yeasty lees. Until the eighteenth century, the wines produced in the Champagne area were light acidic white wines, with no hint of sparkle. However glass and closure technology developed at that time and it was not long before Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Hautvilliers, started experimenting with blends and produced the first recognisable champagne. In a world accustomed to still wines, the advent of champagne was almost a flop. It was saved when it became fashionable at the French court as a result of Louis XV's mistress Madame de Pompadour commenting "Champagne is the only wine that lets a woman remain beautiful after she has drunk it." And the rest is history, with famous (or infamous) champagne lovers including Casanova, Dumas, Wagner, Winston Churchill, James Bond and Coco Chanel.

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