2008 Salon (Edition 2019)
$617 (2006)
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Le Mesnil Sur Oger
Champagne
Sparkling White
Chardonnay (1999 vintage)
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The 2008 Salon is one of the most anticipated new releases of the year. Because of the high quality of the vintage, President Didier Depond decided to bottle the entire harvest in magnum only. Depond was brutally severe in selection, however, and ultimately only 8,000 magnums were good enough for the Salon label, a sharp decrease from the more typical production of around 60,000 bottles, when Salon is produced at all. The 2008 will be offered only in a special boxed set along with two bottles each of the 2007, 2006 and 2004, all specially disgorged earlier this year for the wood case. Quite simply, the wines are truly special.
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The 2008 Salon is one of the most anticipated new releases of the year. Because of the high quality of the vintage, President Didier Depond decided to bottle the entire harvest in magnum only. Depond was brutally severe in selection, however, and ultimately only 8,000 magnums were good enough for the Salon label, a sharp decrease from the more typical production of around 60,000 bottles, when Salon is produced at all. The 2008 will be offered only in a special boxed set along with two bottles each of the 2007, 2006 and 2004, all specially disgorged earlier this year for the wood case. Quite simply, the wines are truly special.
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The 2008 Salon is one of the most anticipated new releases of the year. Because of the high quality of the vintage, President Didier Depond decided to bottle the entire harvest in magnum only. Depond was brutally severe in selection, however, and ultimately only 8,000 magnums were good enough for the Salon label, a sharp decrease from the more typical production of around 60,000 bottles, when Salon is produced at all. The 2008 will be offered only in a special boxed set along with two bottles each of the 2007, 2006 and 2004, all specially disgorged earlier this year for the wood case. Quite simply, the wines are truly special.
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The 2008 Salon is one of the most anticipated new releases of the year. Because of the high quality of the vintage, President Didier Depond decided to bottle the entire harvest in magnum only. Depond was brutally severe in selection, however, and ultimately only 8,000 magnums were good enough for the Salon label, a sharp decrease from the more typical production of around 60,000 bottles, when Salon is produced at all. The 2008 will be offered only in a special boxed set along with two bottles each of the 2007, 2006 and 2004, all specially disgorged earlier this year for the wood case. Quite simply, the wines are truly special.
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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The 2002 Salon is one of this year's most anticipated new releases. Salon's President Didier Depond offers additional insights in this video interview
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I was thrilled to moderate this tasting of Salon and Delamotte at Pebble Beach Food & Wine. At their best, these are some of the most thrilling Champagnes readers will come across. Salon President Didier Depond, who also manages Delamotte’s Salon’s sister estate, joined me on the panel, along with Shayn Bjornhom MS, Emily Wines MS and Winemaker Rajat Parr. Talk about a dream panel. My job was to basically make sure we started and ended on time. In all honesty, though, it was the wines that stole the show, and with good reason. For more perspective on Salon, readers might enjoy my video interview with Didier Depond the day before this tasting. Salon is the most elusive of Champagne’s grand marques. Only made in what the house deems the very best years, Salon has been bottled just 37 times since its first vintage, 1905. In case you are wondering, no, I haven’t tasted the 1905. Yet. Even when it is released, production is tiny. Consider that there are just 60,000 bottles (5,000 cases) of the 2002 for the entire world, a virtually insignificant amount by Champagne standards, where other tête de cuvées range from much larger in the case of Taittinger’s Comtes to Champagne (also a small production Champagne) to about 100 times greater in the case of Dom Pérignon. Naturally, older vintages of Salon are very hard to find, hence the huge appeal of this packed tasting that headlined Pebble Beach Food & Wine this year. Salon is located in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, in the heart of the Côtes des Blancs. The heart of Salon emerges from a small vineyard that sits right behind the house. Salon is done entirely in steel, with no malolactic fermentation, one of the reasons the wine needs extended time in bottle prior to release, and in most cases, several on cork before it stars drinking well. In vintages in which Salon is not made, the fruit goes into Delamotte, Salon’s sister estate and neighbor. The Delamotte is a bit less severe, as malolactic fermentation is employed to give the wine softer contours and more immediate breadth. With the exception of the 1988, all the wines were brilliant. Of course, Champagne loves the big bottle, so it is not too much of a surprise that the wines from magnum were superb.
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This wine was tasted over dinner at Ristorante Morini, NY in May, 2014.
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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I was thrilled to moderate this tasting of Salon and Delamotte at Pebble Beach Food & Wine. At their best, these are some of the most thrilling Champagnes readers will come across. Salon President Didier Depond, who also manages Delamotte’s Salon’s sister estate, joined me on the panel, along with Shayn Bjornhom MS, Emily Wines MS and Winemaker Rajat Parr. Talk about a dream panel. My job was to basically make sure we started and ended on time. In all honesty, though, it was the wines that stole the show, and with good reason. For more perspective on Salon, readers might enjoy my video interview with Didier Depond the day before this tasting. Salon is the most elusive of Champagne’s grand marques. Only made in what the house deems the very best years, Salon has been bottled just 37 times since its first vintage, 1905. In case you are wondering, no, I haven’t tasted the 1905. Yet. Even when it is released, production is tiny. Consider that there are just 60,000 bottles (5,000 cases) of the 2002 for the entire world, a virtually insignificant amount by Champagne standards, where other tête de cuvées range from much larger in the case of Taittinger’s Comtes to Champagne (also a small production Champagne) to about 100 times greater in the case of Dom Pérignon. Naturally, older vintages of Salon are very hard to find, hence the huge appeal of this packed tasting that headlined Pebble Beach Food & Wine this year. Salon is located in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, in the heart of the Côtes des Blancs. The heart of Salon emerges from a small vineyard that sits right behind the house. Salon is done entirely in steel, with no malolactic fermentation, one of the reasons the wine needs extended time in bottle prior to release, and in most cases, several on cork before it stars drinking well. In vintages in which Salon is not made, the fruit goes into Delamotte, Salon’s sister estate and neighbor. The Delamotte is a bit less severe, as malolactic fermentation is employed to give the wine softer contours and more immediate breadth. With the exception of the 1988, all the wines were brilliant. Of course, Champagne loves the big bottle, so it is not too much of a surprise that the wines from magnum were superb.
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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I was thrilled to moderate this tasting of Salon and Delamotte at Pebble Beach Food & Wine. At their best, these are some of the most thrilling Champagnes readers will come across. Salon President Didier Depond, who also manages Delamotte’s Salon’s sister estate, joined me on the panel, along with Shayn Bjornhom MS, Emily Wines MS and Winemaker Rajat Parr. Talk about a dream panel. My job was to basically make sure we started and ended on time. In all honesty, though, it was the wines that stole the show, and with good reason. For more perspective on Salon, readers might enjoy my video interview with Didier Depond the day before this tasting. Salon is the most elusive of Champagne’s grand marques. Only made in what the house deems the very best years, Salon has been bottled just 37 times since its first vintage, 1905. In case you are wondering, no, I haven’t tasted the 1905. Yet. Even when it is released, production is tiny. Consider that there are just 60,000 bottles (5,000 cases) of the 2002 for the entire world, a virtually insignificant amount by Champagne standards, where other tête de cuvées range from much larger in the case of Taittinger’s Comtes to Champagne (also a small production Champagne) to about 100 times greater in the case of Dom Pérignon. Naturally, older vintages of Salon are very hard to find, hence the huge appeal of this packed tasting that headlined Pebble Beach Food & Wine this year. Salon is located in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, in the heart of the Côtes des Blancs. The heart of Salon emerges from a small vineyard that sits right behind the house. Salon is done entirely in steel, with no malolactic fermentation, one of the reasons the wine needs extended time in bottle prior to release, and in most cases, several on cork before it stars drinking well. In vintages in which Salon is not made, the fruit goes into Delamotte, Salon’s sister estate and neighbor. The Delamotte is a bit less severe, as malolactic fermentation is employed to give the wine softer contours and more immediate breadth. With the exception of the 1988, all the wines were brilliant. Of course, Champagne loves the big bottle, so it is not too much of a surprise that the wines from magnum were superb.
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This wine was tasted as part of the Rare Wine Dinner at La Paulee in San Francisco, 2010.
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Salon is one of Champagne's icons, and with good reason, as it is one of the most ageworthy, complex wines made in the region. At its best, Salon is capable of aging gracefully for decades, in fact, some vintages need a good 20 years before they begin to drink well! Salon is 100% Chardonnay from grand cru vineyards in Mesnil. The wine does not undergo malolactic fermentation, which adds to the already focused, intensely mineral-driven character that the Mesnil soil gives on its own. Salon is a wine for the patient, but its pedigree always comes through with time.
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I won’t soon forget this spectacular dinner at Ristorante Osteria Carletti, a cozy restaurant/inn located in Bedano, Switzerland. For the occasion, dear friends in Lugano surprised me with a number of stunning wines and personal favorites. What a lineup!
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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This wine was tasted over dinner at the 9th Annual Wine Dinner and Auction to Benefit The Mount Sinai Hospital in February 2012.
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Over the last few months I have had the chance to revisit a number of Champagnes from the celebrated 1996 vintage. My first retrospective on the 1996s, published last year, found many of the wines in great shape. Today, only a year later, a number of bottles are finally beginning to show hints of their ultimate potential. Many of these wines have been on the market for some time but only now, fourteen years after the harvest, is it possible to taste a complete range of the tête-de-cuvées from all of the major houses.
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This wine was tasted during collector Bruce Fingeret's birthday party, July 2010
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1996 remains one of the great modern-day vintages for Champagne. The wines possess a combination of bright acidity and high sugars that is extremely rare. The best 1996 Champagnes are bold, racy and exuberant, in both absolute and relative terms, something that has also come across in numerous recent tastings, including verticals of Dom Pérignon, Cristal, Krug and Dom Ruinart. For all of these houses 1996 is one of the more powerful, extroverted vintages of the last 15 or so years. To be sure, the vintage also has its critics. Those who are skeptical of the vintage claim that some producers harvested too early and that a number of wines possess excessively austere and lean personalities that will never soften. My experience with the Champagnes below and others, however, has mostly been extremely positive and I am convinced the best wines have enough balance of fruit and acidity to age gracefully, in some cases for decades.
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This wine was tasted as a part of wine collector Bruce Fingeret's 50th Birthday Party, July 2008.
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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I was thrilled to moderate this tasting of Salon and Delamotte at Pebble Beach Food & Wine. At their best, these are some of the most thrilling Champagnes readers will come across. Salon President Didier Depond, who also manages Delamotte’s Salon’s sister estate, joined me on the panel, along with Shayn Bjornhom MS, Emily Wines MS and Winemaker Rajat Parr. Talk about a dream panel. My job was to basically make sure we started and ended on time. In all honesty, though, it was the wines that stole the show, and with good reason. For more perspective on Salon, readers might enjoy my video interview with Didier Depond the day before this tasting. Salon is the most elusive of Champagne’s grand marques. Only made in what the house deems the very best years, Salon has been bottled just 37 times since its first vintage, 1905. In case you are wondering, no, I haven’t tasted the 1905. Yet. Even when it is released, production is tiny. Consider that there are just 60,000 bottles (5,000 cases) of the 2002 for the entire world, a virtually insignificant amount by Champagne standards, where other tête de cuvées range from much larger in the case of Taittinger’s Comtes to Champagne (also a small production Champagne) to about 100 times greater in the case of Dom Pérignon. Naturally, older vintages of Salon are very hard to find, hence the huge appeal of this packed tasting that headlined Pebble Beach Food & Wine this year. Salon is located in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, in the heart of the Côtes des Blancs. The heart of Salon emerges from a small vineyard that sits right behind the house. Salon is done entirely in steel, with no malolactic fermentation, one of the reasons the wine needs extended time in bottle prior to release, and in most cases, several on cork before it stars drinking well. In vintages in which Salon is not made, the fruit goes into Delamotte, Salon’s sister estate and neighbor. The Delamotte is a bit less severe, as malolactic fermentation is employed to give the wine softer contours and more immediate breadth. With the exception of the 1988, all the wines were brilliant. Of course, Champagne loves the big bottle, so it is not too much of a surprise that the wines from magnum were superb.
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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I was thrilled to moderate this tasting of Salon and Delamotte at Pebble Beach Food & Wine. At their best, these are some of the most thrilling Champagnes readers will come across. Salon President Didier Depond, who also manages Delamotte’s Salon’s sister estate, joined me on the panel, along with Shayn Bjornhom MS, Emily Wines MS and Winemaker Rajat Parr. Talk about a dream panel. My job was to basically make sure we started and ended on time. In all honesty, though, it was the wines that stole the show, and with good reason. For more perspective on Salon, readers might enjoy my video interview with Didier Depond the day before this tasting. Salon is the most elusive of Champagne’s grand marques. Only made in what the house deems the very best years, Salon has been bottled just 37 times since its first vintage, 1905. In case you are wondering, no, I haven’t tasted the 1905. Yet. Even when it is released, production is tiny. Consider that there are just 60,000 bottles (5,000 cases) of the 2002 for the entire world, a virtually insignificant amount by Champagne standards, where other tête de cuvées range from much larger in the case of Taittinger’s Comtes to Champagne (also a small production Champagne) to about 100 times greater in the case of Dom Pérignon. Naturally, older vintages of Salon are very hard to find, hence the huge appeal of this packed tasting that headlined Pebble Beach Food & Wine this year. Salon is located in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, in the heart of the Côtes des Blancs. The heart of Salon emerges from a small vineyard that sits right behind the house. Salon is done entirely in steel, with no malolactic fermentation, one of the reasons the wine needs extended time in bottle prior to release, and in most cases, several on cork before it stars drinking well. In vintages in which Salon is not made, the fruit goes into Delamotte, Salon’s sister estate and neighbor. The Delamotte is a bit less severe, as malolactic fermentation is employed to give the wine softer contours and more immediate breadth. With the exception of the 1988, all the wines were brilliant. Of course, Champagne loves the big bottle, so it is not too much of a surprise that the wines from magnum were superb.
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I was thrilled to moderate this tasting of Salon and Delamotte at Pebble Beach Food & Wine. At their best, these are some of the most thrilling Champagnes readers will come across. Salon President Didier Depond, who also manages Delamotte’s Salon’s sister estate, joined me on the panel, along with Shayn Bjornhom MS, Emily Wines MS and Winemaker Rajat Parr. Talk about a dream panel. My job was to basically make sure we started and ended on time. In all honesty, though, it was the wines that stole the show, and with good reason. For more perspective on Salon, readers might enjoy my video interview with Didier Depond the day before this tasting. Salon is the most elusive of Champagne’s grand marques. Only made in what the house deems the very best years, Salon has been bottled just 37 times since its first vintage, 1905. In case you are wondering, no, I haven’t tasted the 1905. Yet. Even when it is released, production is tiny. Consider that there are just 60,000 bottles (5,000 cases) of the 2002 for the entire world, a virtually insignificant amount by Champagne standards, where other tête de cuvées range from much larger in the case of Taittinger’s Comtes to Champagne (also a small production Champagne) to about 100 times greater in the case of Dom Pérignon. Naturally, older vintages of Salon are very hard to find, hence the huge appeal of this packed tasting that headlined Pebble Beach Food & Wine this year. Salon is located in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, in the heart of the Côtes des Blancs. The heart of Salon emerges from a small vineyard that sits right behind the house. Salon is done entirely in steel, with no malolactic fermentation, one of the reasons the wine needs extended time in bottle prior to release, and in most cases, several on cork before it stars drinking well. In vintages in which Salon is not made, the fruit goes into Delamotte, Salon’s sister estate and neighbor. The Delamotte is a bit less severe, as malolactic fermentation is employed to give the wine softer contours and more immediate breadth. With the exception of the 1988, all the wines were brilliant. Of course, Champagne loves the big bottle, so it is not too much of a surprise that the wines from magnum were superb.
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Held this past February, La Festa del Barolo brought together producers, sommeliers and wine lovers from around the world for a memorable weekend of wine, food and conversation. Guests shared an unreal number of rare and collectible bottles at the Gala Dinner, while the 2012 Barolo Masterclass provided a great opportunity for attendees to taste new releases while hearing directly from the growers in an intimate and highly interactive setting. Del Posto proprietors Mario Batali, Joe Bastianich, Lidia Bastianich and their team pulled out all the stops to help make La Festa del Barolo a great success. Jeff Porter, Wine Director for the Batali & Bastianich group, and a group of this country’s top sommeliers did an exceptional job with wine service at all three events.
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This wine was tasted over dinner at Alto in New York City, April 2008.
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These wines were tasted over dinner at Babbo Restaurant in New York during June of 2009.
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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This wine was tasted during collector Bruce Fingeret's birthday party, July 2010
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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Salon remains of Champagne’s most mystical and elusive wines. Since 1905, the house has declared just thirty-nine vintages. This vertical tasting of Salon and sister property Delamotte provided a great opportunity to revisit a number of reference point vintages and also taste the latest releases.
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