Billecart-Salmon Le Rosé NV is one of the world’s great rosé Champagnes — radiant pale pink, precise, and deeply elegant. A cuvée built on the house’s founding conviction that restraint and finesse produce more enduring pleasure than power. Made from three classic Champagne varieties and aged significantly beyond the non-vintage minimum, Le Rosé is as suited to the table as it is to celebration. It pairs beautifully with fresh salmon, lobster, langoustines, soft cheeses and strawberry desserts.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Radiant pale pink with sparkling intensity and graceful, persistent effervescence.
Nose: Subtle and fine — fresh red berries, citrus zest and a delicate floral lift. The bouquet is expressive without heaviness, assembled from crus across the Montagne de Reims, Grande Vallée de la Marne and the southern slopes of Épernay.
Palate: Creamy and smooth, evolving through wild strawberry and a touch of raspberry. Harmonious and precise, with a tension between fruit and freshness that defines the Billecart-Salmon style.
Finish: Long and harmonious, with persistent red berry freshness and a clean, bright acidity carried by the fine mousse.
Blend & Winemaking
Le Rosé is a blend of 40% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir and 30% Pinot Meunier. The Pinot Noir component is vinified as red wine — the defining technique that gives this cuvée its characteristic pale pink colour and red-fruit character. Vinification takes place entirely in stainless steel to preserve freshness and precision, followed by a minimum of 36 months ageing on lees — well beyond the non-vintage requirement — developing the creamy texture, complexity and finesse for which Le Rosé is known.
Champagne & Billecart-Salmon
Billecart-Salmon was founded in 1818 in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ by Nicolas François Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon, and remains one of the last great family-owned Champagne houses — now in its seventh generation. The house has built its reputation on elegance, precision and restraint rather than volume or weight. Le Rosé is the most personal expression of that philosophy, and one of the most consistently admired rosé Champagnes produced anywhere in the region.
