Champagne Billecart-Salmon is a medium-sized champagne house in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, France. Founded in 1818 with the marriage of Nicolas François Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon,Billecart-Salmon . it is one of the few to remain family owned.
The Cuvée Nicolas-Francois Billecart 1959 won first place in the Champagne of the Millennium 1999, out of 150 of the finest 20th century Champagnes. A magnum of the winning champagne later sold for £3,300.Champagne Gallery: Billecart-Salmon . Accessed 25 October 2007.
Billecart-Salmon was ranked tenth among major Champagne houses by Antoine Gerbelle writing for La Revue du vin de France. La Revue du vin de France's Guide Vert awards Billecart-Salmon two stars out of three. Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve are aged in the cellars for 36 months before release.
Billecart-Salmon champagnes have been reviewed favourably by wine writer Jancis Robinson.Robinson J. Billecart Salmon Brut Réserve NV champagne (18 October 2005)(accessed 25 October 2007).
Since 2019, the president of the house has been Mathieu Roland-Billecart, who represents the family’s seventh generation.
See also List of Champagne houses
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