Billecart-Salmon Cuvee Nicolas Francois Brut 2007

Just a handful of 6-packs to sell — special occasion bubbly at its finest. FOUR 97-point scores...pretty impressive! We’ve only tasted this wildly complex, brilliant wine twice, and each time it is a huge WHOA type experience. SO much intensity of flowers, subtle fruit and toasty complexity it boggles the mind. The finish alone seems to go on forever...you just know you’re drinking something next-level. Amazing. Please don’t miss!

Roland-Billecart says: “Nicolas François was my great-great-great-great-grandfather.” While this is a mouthful, Mathieu Roland-Billecart is indeed the seventh generation of the family to run the house. The cuvée was first created in 1964, and its 60/40 composition of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay has remained unchanged since then. The Champagnes of Billecart-Salmon have always been a connoisseur’s favourite, but the reputation of one of its top two wines, Cuvée Nicolas François, was sealed in 1999 when the 1959 vintage was declared to be ‘Champagne of the Millennium’. As if that wasn’t enough, the same wine in the 1961 vintage was declared the runner-up!

CHEERS indeed! While it lasts!

PAIRING IDEAS: At this level, we’d have to go caviar. These days, you can actually buy legit buckwheat blinis (unless you want to make yourself, you badass), so just set up a romantic table and go big with beluga, blinis and creme fraiche – minimalist and so luxurious!

MUSIC SUGGESTIONS: Otis Redding's "Champagne and Wine" -- here’s a link. So beautiful.