Salon 2012
★僅在絕佳年份生產
★世上第一款完全以夏多內葡萄釀製的白中白(Blanc de Blancs)香檳

【Champagne Salon】
作為地表最昂貴的葡萄酒之一，沙龍香檳一直以獨特與稀有性獨霸香檳最高聖堂。瓶身《S》象徵香檳的極緻工藝與奢華。其舉世無雙的地位，其實是架構在一系列『獨一．無二』的特色 : 單一特級村Mesnil-sur-Oger，單一產區Côte des Blancs ，單一品種Chardonnay 與最好的單一年份。

僅生產優異年份
沙龍香檳一開始是創始人 Aimé Salon 先生充滿實驗精神下的產物。作為香檳的狂熱份子， 為滿足其內心對『非混釀』香檳的好奇，在1900年買下位於特級村 Mesnil-Sur-Orger 一公頃葡萄園 "Le Jardin de Salon" ( Salon 花園)。一反傳統作法，僅使用 Chardonnay 夏多內釀造。這款非典型香檳，當時並不對外販售，僅供親戚好友分享為樂，直至一戰後才開始商業銷售。從第一個年份1905年至今，沙龍香檳只生產41個年份，平均五萬瓶的產量，每瓶沙龍都至在白堊地窖中瓶中陳年至少十年，直到酸度與果味融合，複雜與細緻度直至完全才對外釋出。

RP：98+　Drink Date：2025-2050
Back in 2014, Salon's president Didier Depond was quoted in the press as saying that “since 2008, there has been no genuinely great vintage in Champagne" and that a 2012 from Salon wouldn't be released. But the just-released 2012 Brut Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil shows that he had good reason to change his mind, as to my palate this is, after the 2008, the finest Salon produced this millennium. Unwinding in the glass with notes of citrus oil, wet stones, freshly baked bread, white currants and oyster shell, it's full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a tightly wound core of fruit, racy acids and an elegant pinpoint mousse. Concluding with a long and resonant finish, this is a structured and powerful Salon that's a lot more incisive than, for example, the 2002 at the same stage, but which also carries more muscle and substance than a leaner vintage such as 2007. For readers that have balked at the pricing of the magnum-only 2008, the 2012 isn't far off the latter's level in quality, and will presumably be distributed more conventionally.