Iconic Champagne house Champagne Salon has released its latest vintage, the Salon Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs 2013 – a vintage from “an outlier year that defied all odds”. The Salon Cuvee ‘S’ Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs 2013 has been released at £2,745 per three bottles in the UK, the equivalent of £10,980 per case of 12. The wine has impressed the critics, earning it a “magnificent” 99 points from Antonio Galloni at Vinous , who called it “the most powerful, dense young Salon [he had] ever tasted”, while James Suckling described it as “sophisticated… with a long textured image”, awarding it 97 points, according to Liv-ex. However, Liv-ex noted that the release lay just above it’s Fair Market evaluation, pointing to the 2012 as providing better value, along with the 100-point 2008, despite its market price being “nearly double that of most of the other back vintages”. The Salon Cuvée ‘S’ is made from only the most exceptional vintages, in small quantities, and released after an average of a decade’s ageing. However the 2013 is the second release from the Champagne house in as many years, coming a year after the release of the impressive 2012 Salon Cuvee ‘S’ Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Brut, but only the sixth release since 2000. The house, which was founded in 1905 and became the first Champagne house to produce a Blanc de Blancs Champagne, has only made 44 releases in its nearly 120 year history. Speaking to the drinks business at
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