Salon 1999 is the 37th and last vintage of the XXth century produced by this mythical champagne house.
In a hundred years of harvests, Salon chose to produce only 37 vintages - only 37 years were good enough to satisfy their high standards. 37 vintages with the same credo: a single terroir, Mesnil-sur-Oger, a single grape variety, Chardonnay, and always one single year. But they remain 37 different vintages, each with their own singularity.
The Salon 1999 is still young, a vintage in the making; powerful, deep and complex, with dastardly charm!
Salon 1999 is a luminous pale gold, tinged with green glints with a lively, but at this stage still discreet nose, on notes of white flowers and white fleshed fruits.
The attack is clean, focused, with the palate showing structure and precision. The creaminess of the effervescence swirls around the aromas of brioche, fresh bread, white flowers, white fruits and a touch of bitter almond.
The final is crystal bright with citrus fruits and prodigious length.
An absolutely amazing champagne which needs nothing to accompany it, but if desired it will flatter grilled oysters, caviar, Parma ham, a great Iberian “pata negra” or a 36 month aged heart of Parmesan.
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