Billecart-Salmon: 'today’s wines are on another level’

'A superb set of Champagnes from Billecart-Salmon'

'This is a superb set of Champagnes from Billecart-Salmon. Mathieu Roland-Billecart took over the family domaine in 2018. The following year, he and Chef de Caves Florent Nys began transitioning the vineyards to organic and then biodynamic farming. Since then, the wines have gained in quality and precision. While the older wines have aged well, there is little question that today's wines are on another level.' — Antonio Galloni, vinous.com

It is one of our favourite Champagnes, and almost the only line we've had in stock continuously since we opened back in 1994. Nico Billecart even did an internship with us. So it's gratifying to see Billecart-Salmon get the acclaim we feel it so richly deserves - and it's pulled in a haul of high scores from Antonio Galloni in the recent Champagne report on vinous.com (Champagne: The 2026 Spring Preview). 

Galloni highlights the changes made under seventh-generation Mathieu Roland-Billecart, and how these have led to soaring quality. Transition to organic and biodynamic viticulture has been a big step. The non-vintage releases depend on an unusually high proportion of reserve wines from older releases, leading to Champagnes with more depth and complexity than many other houses' equivalent offerings.  

Highlights of the range as scored by Galloni include the Sous Bois cuvée, which has been vinified in oak casks for a richer style in a nod to the Champagnes of yesteryear. And while Pinot Noir is the backbone of vintage Billecart, they also possess some excellent Chardonnay, as proven by the lemon-confit-and-marzipan Blanc des Blancs. And the 2012 prestige vintage cuvée Nicolas François (named after the house's founder) is a very carefully made top-end cuvée that captures the 'natural radiance' of its year. /NT

Offered subject to remaining unsold. Wines available autumn 2026.To place an order, click on the wines below or call 020 7638 5998