Best-Seller: Rosé Champagne from Icon Billecart-Salmon

Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé Champagne ($84.99)

94 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The NV Champagne Brut Rose is an attractive pale salmon hue, with a fresh perfume of wild strawberry, ripe peach, white and red flowers, a hint of tropical fruit, and grapefruit. The palate is rounded, with fruit up front and through the mid-palate, and it has a silky and fresh lift. There is a wonderful ease and drinkability to this wine, which delivers balance and finesse. (AF)" (11/2022)

93 points Wine Spectator: "Sleek and finely knit, with a lovely, satiny mousse gliding across the palate, carrying flavors of white raspberry, peach skin, blanched almond and oyster shell. Long and mouthwatering, with hints of ground ginger and pink grapefruit pith on the elegant finish. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. (AN, Web-2023)"

Jancis Robinson: "Bright coppery pink. A pretty strawberries-and-cream nose that leads straight to raspberries galore in the mouth. Blood orange, too, with a suggestion of tamarind chutney. Frankly fruity and frankly delicious. The balance is just right for food in fact the wine was surprisingly good with a rich, slow-cooked pheasant red-wine casserole, and equally good with roasted tomato-and-courgette frittata the following day. (TC)" (01/2023)

Gary Westby | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: October 05, 2023

This is the benchmark in rose Champagne, and it deserves every bit of its fame. I find it elegant and balanced every time that I have it, and the blushing pink color is always perfect. The supply of this wine is strictly limited by the amount of old, massal selected Pinot Noir in one village- Mareuil-sur-Ay, that Billecart has access to. It is this tiny villages best produce that makes the red wine that gives this nectar its color, bouquet and timeless elegance. I like the wine best as an aperitif, the only thing it need to pair with is a good glass.

Philip Roufail | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: March 03, 2024

When you've been making internationally renowned champagne for 206 years you don't have to rock the boat, but that's exactly what Grand Marque (Great Brand) Billecart-Salmon has done with the new releases of their flagship non-vintage champagnes. The Brut Rose, soon to be called "Le Rose," is a blend of 43% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Noir, and 24% Meunier, but now incorporates a perpetual blend (43%, 2014-2018) for the first time, adding depth and complexity, and the dosage has dropped from 9g/l to 5.1g/l, resulting in a much drier and more refined style of champagne. In addition, the base vintage (57%) is from the fantastic 2019 "solar" harvest, which produced ripe grapes with high levels of acidity. Wines were fermented in stainless steel tanks went through partial malolactic fermentation to preserve the freshness of the 2019 vintage. Disgorged at the end of 2022. If you're already a fan of Billecart prepare to love them even more. If you haven't tried Billecart-Salmon before, it's time to discover this legendary Grand Maison.

Dejah Overby | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: September 28, 2022

This is as delicious as I have always remembered. Wild strawberry tartness, juicy peach, hibiscus petals florals, and finishing with a soft mousse of red berries. There is a reason this is our top-selling rose Champagne it is just so delightful to drink.

Scott Beckerley | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: May 04, 2022

It's baaaack! After many moons, our beloved Billecart-Salmon Brut Rose has returned. As always, very peachy and stone-fruited, with ripe raspberry and blood orange accents. Delicate, creamy, and floral. No wonder it is so popular!

Lilia McIntosh | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: May 03, 2022

You just can't go wrong with classic Rose from Billecart-Salmon! It's one of the most prettiest, perfectly balanced and elegant expressions of Rose Champagne. With bright raspberry and barberry aromas and flavors with a hint of white peach it's almost ethereal in its profile. No wonder it is crowd pleasing and one of the ultimate favorites among the staff here and customers.