Salon 1959
Salon 1959 is a dry, light-bodied sparkling from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier (Champagne, France), in the sparkling style. Acidity is fresh; oak influence is little. Good with roast chicken, salmon, creamy pasta, duck. Listed at £8500.00 by Hedonism Wines, who say it is out of stock; that is the last price, not an offer.
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Salon 1959 is a mature, single-vineyard vintage Champagne produced by Champagne Salon in Mesnil-sur-Oger, France. An unparalleled Blanc de Blancs, Salon comes from a single hectare plot and nineteen other smaller plots in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, and the wine is only produced in the very finest vintages. As a result, the 20th century saw only 37 bottlings of this fabled Champagne. "The 1959 Salon is the first of two wines served blind towards the end of this vertical. Although the 1959 retains considerable power for a wine of its age, it is also past peak. Hints of orange peel, butter, spice and brown butter give the 1959 its oxidative, fully mature personality. The 1959 is not my cup of tea, but readers who like very aged Champagne might find some pleasure in the 1959, a wine that is hanging on to the very final vestiges of life at this stage." Antonio Galloni, 2016