2015 Salon Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Champagne

Champagne Salon Overview:
Produced only in the finest years, Champagne Salon 2015 is a rare 100% Chardonnay from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Aged nearly a decade on lees, it offers crystalline precision, chalk-driven minerality, and refined elegance—an exceptional expression of one terroir, one grape, and one vintage.

97 Points - Antonio Galloni
The 2015 Salon is exquisite. Bright and focused, the 2015 captures a gorgeous stylsitic middle ground between the riper and cooler years. The flavor profile leans towards the more citrus, floral and mineral-driven end of the spectrum typical of cooler years, and yet the wine is also wonderfully open-knit and accessible, with no hard edges and the textural balance that is more common in warmer years. It’s a duality that works extremely well. There is a savory undertone typical of the year, but it is a strand in the fabric rather than a dominant characteristic. I left a bottle open for more than a week, during which I observed virtually no oxidation. The 2015 might not be as overtly impressive as some recent years, rather it is a Champagne of cool sophistication and total polish. Unusually, the 2015 is being released ahead of the 2014. Drink 2025 – 2045.