Champagne Billecart-Salmon, Cuvée Nicolas Francois Extra Brut, Mareuil-Sur-Ay Premier Cru, Vallee de la Marne 2012 women-winemaker 100% Cabernet Franc from vines

100% Cabernet Franc from vines planted in the 1930s

The name of the estate “Fronton de Oro” refers to a huge rock that shines with sunlight (the one that adorns their label) known locally as “El Frontón”

Black fruit

The wine is aged on its fine lees during 3 months before bottling

but normalized during the grape ripening period

Champagne Billecart-Salmon, Cuvée Nicolas Francois Extra Brut, Mareuil-Sur-Ay Premier Cru, Vallee de la Marne 2012 women-winemaker 100% Cabernet Franc from vines60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay This beautiful, delicate, and rich wine owes much of its character to the fact that it was fermented in conventional oak barrels. Brilliant golden hue that sparkles and shines. Finely carved bubbles erupt, accentuating the sparkling, crystalline appearance. The wine's evolution from fruity to floral (peaches in syrup, fine apple pie, and mountain butter) to fruity to floral (fresh fig, wild berry) to floral again