Billecart-Salmon Le Clos St Hilaire 2009

Billecart-Salmon is an independent family Champagne house based in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, founded in 1818 by Nicolas François Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon. Clos Saint-Hilaire is a single enclosed one-hectare Pinot Noir parcel in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, first planted in 1964 and vinified in oak. This bottle is the 2009 vintage, and Pinot Noir is the grape identified for it. Those release-level facts align naturally with the identity of Clos Saint-Hilaire while keeping the exact year firmly attached to the bottle. The named Clos is what makes the wine especially distinctive. Rather than being simply another vintage Champagne from the house, it is tied to one enclosed parcel and to one declared year. That combination gives the 2009 release a sharper sense of identity than a broad house cuvée. Pinot Noir is the key grape-level fact attached to this bottle, but the absence of a stated percentage means there is no reason to turn that identification into a fuller technical recipe. For buyers or collectors, the important coordinates are already clear: Billecart-Salmon, Clos Saint-Hilaire, 2009 and Pinot Noir.