Salon 2008

Only 8000 magnums were made totally of this amazing year. So one understand that it is only sold with a series of other Collection vintages at an astronomical price. For us few privileged people who have had the opportunity to try this gem, the price does not appear to have taken been set by chance. This is truly a unique Salon. When it is also made on magnum you can be sure to be richly rewarded any time you feel compelled to lighten the cork. If you do it too soon you don't have to be ashamed because the wine is wonderfully accessible and delicious from at launch. A crystal clear feeling is conveyed in all instances from appearance, scent and taste. Roasted coffee scented, silky and fabulously elegant in fruit and exceptionally long. If I had to decide then one should wait for the next phase, ie 15-30 years from now...

Magnum. Disgorged (‘Edition’) January 2019. Just 8,000 magnums and no bottles produced. (Usually 60,000 bottles!) Didier Depond tasted the grapes with Chef de Cave Michel Fauconnet. Both of them decided that only magnums should be made because the concentration is so great. Like 1982. Dosage 6.2 g/l. Didier Depond calls 2008 ‘the dream vintage’. Picked from 17 September.
Big bubbles. Strong hedgerow aromas. Very ‘cool’ impression. Very intense and persistent. Complex and lacy. Filigree texture. Really quite open for a magnum - particularly for Salon. Wonderful length. Certainly a magical wine, likely to feed a frenzy among (well-heeled) investors.