Rendez-Vous N°6 by Billecart-Salmon

Hold on to your hats, Champagne aficionados, because this brand new release from famed Billecart-Salmon may be the most profound Blanc de Blancs of your life! 

When it comes to champagne, at D&N we fall very hard for mineral, incisive Blanc de Blancs. The chalkiness, the electrifying acidity, the sense that you’re practically drinking the region’s limestone soil. We can’t get enough of it. 

Now, our prestigious champagne Maison, Billecart-Salmon has intensified those extraordinary Blanc de Blancs qualities and shot them into another stratosphere with its limited global release of Rendez-Vous N°6 

We know Champagne is never just a simple glass of fizz… As soon as the cork flies, the first sip reveals a wine of fascinating complexity. For even the most modest cuvée, a bevy of blending decisions, multi layers of history and the incalculable climate of this northern corner of France all come into play. 

This is never truer than at prestigious champagne Grande Marque Billecart-Salmon where, the maison has been on a 7 generation quest for excellence, by constantly experimenting with new ideas and methods to highlight the unique quality of its wines and terroirs.

Mathieu Roland-Billecart, explains: “Billecart-Salmon experiments all the time, whether it’s in the vineyard or in our vinification process. What that means is that we try new things to further improve the quality wherever we can [ ]” And this is what the Rendez-Vous series is all about. 

Launched in 2020, the range was created after cellar experiments conducted by the House’s Tasting Committee to assess the evolution of select grape varieties and exceptional terroirs. The most remarkable were chosen and highlighted through this Collection, offering a unique tasting experience in a very limited edition.

The N°6 champagne is made from grapes from one of the most emblematic Grand Cru villages of the Côte des Blancs. The wines of Mesnil-sur-Oger are remarkable for their great tension. This is Chardonnay of unequalled purity and minerality. This stunning release may just be Champagne in its most thrilling form.

Remarkably, this is fruit taken exclusively from the 2014 vintage. This wine benefits from a slow and meticulous ageing on lees during a period of 82 months. A very selective approach is used, based on the concentration of the fruit and achieving the ultimate balance of flavours.

Let’s talk about the 82 months cellaring! 

Billecart-Salmon is famously slow to release all their wines – with over three to four years in cellars the non-vintage champagnes really blossom, staying around twice as long as the fixed regulations of the appellation. The vintage cuvées patiently wait ten years before they begin to reveal their maturity. Allowing time to play its role is behind the grandeur of all Billecart-Salmon champagnes.

Champagne aficionados will truly appreciate that this a major commitment to our drinking pleasure. A prestige bottle really only starts to strut its stuff after the innumerable calculations of the tasting team and the cellar master indicates that the Champagne is entering its most exciting drinking window.

All the crystalline precision you expect from Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs is here in the Billecart-Salmon Rendez-Vous N°6 along with a serious amount of power.

We didn’t get much, so secure some for yourself before it’s gone – Don’t hesitate – Go deep.

Since 1818, over 7 generations of the Billecart-Salmon family, each member has endeavoured to continue the family tradition, staying faithful to the same motto:

“Give priority to quality, strive for excellence”.