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Country ranking ?
373
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Producer ranking ?
9
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Decanting time
None
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When to drink
Now
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Food Pairing
Enjoy without food
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Food Pairing
Enjoy without food
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This Champagne is produced from a one-hectare parcel owned by Salon: "Salon’s garden", and from 19 other smaller parcels in Mesnil-sur-Oger, chosen by Aimé Salon at the beginning of the century. The wines are cellared in the bottle for an average of 10 years, gaining in complexity and finesse.
The proof that memory and history are important is shown by the bottles in the cellars from nearly all the vintages that have ever been produced at S...
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Average Bottle Price
| 2015 |
2012 |
2005 |
1995 |
| 6 833€
+15.7%
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5 905€
+590.6%
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855€
+63.8%
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522€
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This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.
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Written Notes
Salon 1945 / 95 points / I hardly dare to imagine what a bottle like this might be worth. It was a bit scary when we pulled the cork and the mousse seemed to be absent. When we poured the wine we saw a little shower of minute bubbles that later returned as gorgeous stimulation on the tongue. The aroma is older than the flavour. In it there is fallen fruit, tar, rancid butter and leather. Luckily this wine has such authority and strength that its lovely ethereal aspects outweigh the destructive powers of time. The shockwave of marmelade-like fruitiness and laughably distinct walnut make us happy again. Phenomenally long.
The 1949 Salon that closed out this special flight had an exotic nose full of creamy apricot jam and root beer/sarsaparilla. Its flavors were drier, its acidity nice and its finish long. Cream soda flavors emerged out of its arid palate, but dryness was the theme in this wheaty and excellent wine (94).
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Origin
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne
Vintage Quality
Outstanding
Value For Money
Satisfactory
Investment potential
Very Good
Fake factory
Serious
Drinking temperature
8
Other wines from this producer
Oenothèque
Salon Collection
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