Salon Cuvee 'S' Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Brut 2002 - Bt | RP95

Salon Cuvee 'S' Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Brut 2002 - Bt | RP95

HK$8,700.00

Bt (750ml)

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Tasting note

I sacrificed a bottle of the 2002 Brut Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil from my own cellar to fill this gap in The Wine Advocate database and was interested to see that the wine has evolved a little since I last encountered it a couple of years ago. Subtle aromas of brioche, iodine and walnuts now inflect its bouquet of ripe lemon, green apple and crushed chalk, and on the palate, the wine is full-bodied, broad and powerful, with a fine mousse and considerable depth and dimension, concluding with a delicately chalky finish. This is an unusually ripe, muscular vintage of Salon, and my own palate tends to favor the brighter, more incisive vintages such as the 2007 or the 1996 at its best, but this is nonetheless a superb blanc de blancs that's maturing a touch faster than I expected.

Score: 95

William Kelley, The Wine Advocate, April 2019

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