Champagne Billecart-Salmon Cuvee Nicolas-Francois Salmon Brut 2012

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Champagne Billecart-Salmon Cuvee Nicolas-Francois Salmon Brut 2012
Region
Champagne
Appellation
Champagne
Blend
60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay
Winemaker
Florent Nys
Alcohol
13.2%

Taste profile

LightBold
SavoryFruity
SmoothTannic
SoftAcidic

Body: Full-bodied, chalky structure, ample and enveloping

Aromas & flavors: Candied lemon, honeyed biscuits, mirabelle plum, roasted almonds, bourbon vanilla, hawthorn

Tannins & finish: Long and tense, saline finish, white pepper

Pairings: Sole in lemon butter, milk-fed veal chop, chanterelle mushrooms, tuna and caviar, noble fish, white meats

Tasting notes are for this exact bottle of wine (including vintage).

Sources: champagne-billecart.fr, jamessuckling.com, bbr.com, thefinestbubble.com, millesima.com

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James Suckling97 pts

“This complex Champagne has delicious aromas of waffle cones, vanilla beans, apricots and pastry with touches of white chocolate and salted caramel. It’s electric on the palate, which is creamy yet structured and focused, with a fine bead of bubbles and a zesty, tangy backbone of acidity. Long and tense finish. 60% pinot noir and 40% chardonnay (all premier and grand cru), 10% of wines are vinified in oak casks. 10 years on lees. 3.8 g/L dosage. Disgorged in the second half of 2024. Drink or hold.”

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First Bottle Price$199.95
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Vintage Quality

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Wine Spectator · Champagne Champagne
95
2012 VintageExceptional
Drink or Hold

A challenging season, with a miraculous recovery at harvest yielding a small but exceptional crop; ripe and harmonious

95+90-9485-89<85
Best
2012200819961990
Avoid
20172011
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Jeremy Green· edited

Picky point @Jimmy, but didn't the refresh button on this tab used to match the others?

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Doug

@jimmy - it seems like Last Bottle and First Bottle share the same global comments instead of scoped to each provider/tab. I'm on the First Bottle tab but I can see comments from MisterClean tied to the Roberto Voerzio Nebbiolo Langhe 2023 which is a Last Bottle offering.

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Jimmy from Wine Buyer AppCreator of Wine Buyer App

Should be working now

Jeremy Green
AboutBevan Cellars Proprietary Blend Ontogeny Napa Valley 2023

Hey Jimmy, let me start by saying that if this is too much, please LMK and I'll back off, NO problem. This is really interesting (at least I think so). FB changed the flash-sale wine sometime in the last hour or so to the '21 Domaine de Bellene VV, but this page is still linking to the 23 Ontogeny, whose price has risen from the $100 flash-sale price to $125 (which is correctly reflected here). For whatever reason this page links to https://firstbottlewines.com/products/bevan-cellars-proprietary-blend-ontogeny-napa-valley-2023?referral_code=OTk1MjYwMzQzOTQwMQ rather than firstbottlewines.com which would show the DdB. Cheers, -j

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Jimmy from Wine Buyer AppCreator of Wine Buyer App

So right now, the First Bottle tab updates every hour - if it doesn't match what you're seeing on firstbottle.com, just hit the "Refresh latest wine" button on winebuyerapp and it should manually update. This should solve issues w/ the link too (it takes you to the specific wine page you're browsing). Let me know if that's still confusing.

Jeremy Green

Replying to Jimmy from Wine Buyer App

I'm pretty sure I knew that when I posted this. My point was that you were pointing to the specific Ontogeny page, not the FB landing page. But I looked just now and I get that you go a step further and "View the Offer >". Either I forgot and refreshed the browser page up or whatever you do to follow that link was stuck on the previous wine. Assuming it's the former, apologies for the wasted time.

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