Salon Le Mensil 1996 Champagne

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jun 12th 2006 at 12:06PM

One year, one grand cru, one grape, one expensive champagne. The House of Salon has created just 37 vintages in the last century. They are set to announce the release of the 1996 Salon Le Mensil. The wine will officially be released on June 19 and there will be a vertical tasting at the Food & Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen on June 17. The Salon 1996 is described as a pale yellow wine with hints of green and taste of green apple, fresh citrus and ripe pear. . There are only 600 cases available to the U.S. and each bottle costs $300.

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kmhtkmhtkmht Jun 12th 2006 12:18PM

Never heard of it - although I did get my hair cut there the other week...

nash151 Jun 22nd 2006 5:58PM

Hi,
drank it today during a tasting of Salon-Delamotte!
Something great is coming. But wait at least ten years!
Right now it would be a waste of money!