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  • Country ranking ?

    622
  • Producer ranking ?

    16
  • Decanting time

    20min
  • When to drink

    now to 2040
  • Food Pairing

    turbot in a cream oyster sauce

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The 2007 Salon is gorgeous. Weightless, delicate and understated, the 2007 is all class. Today, the 2007 reminds me of the 2004 in its bright, citrus and floral-infused profile, but with a bit more creaminess, mid-palate depth and softer contours, all of which will make the 2007 easy to drink with minimal cellaring. Next to the 2006, the 2007 is quite a bit fresher and more delineated, with none of...

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The Story

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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Wine Information

After a mild winter, April was magnificent, and flowering was perfect. June and July brought long days of bright sunshine, the light reverberating on the chalky soil and providing vital residual warmth for the subsequent chilly August. With nature still on- side, the sensible decision would have been to harvest then and there, but then second thoughts....patience! Out came the sun, that great game-changer, charging everything with light and en...

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Vintage 2007

An unusually warm spring led to early flowering and initial optimism, which soon gave way to disappointment following one of the murkiest summers on record. Overall, 2007 was a difficult vintage saved by last-minute sunshine in late-August. Mildew and rot were the main culprits of the harvest, and the level of gluconic acid rocketed. The harvest began early, on August 24th, and was abundant in volume averaging 14,242 kg/ha. Pinot Meunier posed...

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“The 2007 Salon (Edition 2019) is just starting to show the first signs of aromatic development and nuance, as well as a touch more body than it did upon release. Rich, creamy and ample, with stunning textural richness and freshness, the 2007 is incredibly expressive today, certainly much more so than it was upon release. The 2007 is a dark horse Salon that keeps getting better with time. This is a fabulous showing. Dosage is 6 grams per liter. Disgorged: January, 2019. ”

  • 97p

 Pale lemon yellow. 
Served blind. Apples, citrus, minerals, nuanced, detailed, floral notes, scented, not that intense  nose. Refined. 
Fresh acidity, elegant mousse, refreshing and detailed, minerals, so smooth and elegant texture, nothing jumps out, long finish. 

  • 94p

Lovely, pure and fresh nose with intense aromas – roasted coffee and jasmin flowers. Dry and crisp palate with smooth mousse, vivid acidity and elegant lingering aftertaste. – JL 97+p (Aug 2023)

  • 97p

“I love how pure, vibrant and appetisingly open the wine is for a young Salon. Lovely sweet lemony tones and exotic floral complexity. The fruit is super bright also on the beautifully textured though tight and succulent palate. It comes with crisp but such balanced acidity seamlessly integrated to the wine’s rich fruitiness. The finish is mineral but feels suitably sweet with its low, 6g/l dosage. A great, approachable and instantly charming Salon.” 95-97

  • 95p

“Disgorged January (‘Edition’) 2019. Dosage 5 g/l. (First release was disgorged 2017.) Didier Depond: ‘this vintage was pure light’. Picked from 30 August.
Transparency with a really round undertow. No longer the piercing quality of Le Mesnil but something much more accommodating. Tight bead and intricate crochet work but with lift and great freshness.”

  • 93p

: A high-toned and ultra-pure nose reflects notes of green apple, citrus peel, petrol and background notes of baked bread and yeast. The moderately intense middle weight flavors are shaped by an impressively fine mousse while delivering very good if not truly superb complexity on the notably saline and dry finish. Salon is virtually always quite refined but the 2007 version is especially so; indeed the word finesse is perfectly apt. I would observe that this could use a bit more overall depth and as such, I would be inclined to allow this to continue to slumber for a few more years first. In sum, this is really lovely and still on the way up.


 Champagne Salon produces only one wine, with fruit from a one ha parcel owned by Salon and from 19 other smaller parcels in Mesnil-sur-Oger and it is aged in bottle for an average of 10 years in Salon's chalk cellars. This champagne is always a single harvest, single cru, single grape variety and it is only produced in the best years. In the 20th century only 37 vintages were declared, with an average production of 60,000 bottles for each vintage.

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Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne

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The seas and deep oceans are a veritable treasure trove of delights to match with radiant Salon 2007. The oyster, in all its forms – fresh, in a gratin, as a foam.... Langoustines in tempura, a seabass tartare or ceviche. Scallops, the ultimate treat, pan-fried in a second. On the richer side, a 24-month aged comte or a truffled brie would make a colourful grande finale to any fireworks featuring Salon 2007.

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