Billecart-Salmon is not my usual champagne, though I have drunk the Brut a number of times. The other thing I know is that it does produce a demi-sec which is well regarded, and that is something that I want to try, demi-secs being uncommon and good demi-secs rarer still.
Billecart-Salmon is a medium sized family owner champagne house in Mareuil-sur-Ay, founded when the Billecart and Salmon families were joined in matrimony in 1818. The Billecarts were noted winemakers already, with an ancestor being awarded the right to create a coat-of-arms by Louis 13th. Apart from the usual non-vintage and vintage champagnes, there is a special wine made from an area beside the house that had been set aside for the family. This is their Clos St Hilaire special cuvee.
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