創立於1911年的Salon沙龍香檳是最特立獨行的香檳。創立本酒莊的Eugene-Aime Salon先生從一開始，就是為了釀造出自己心目中理想的香檳這個夢想而創立這個酒莊的，他是對任何小細節均不隨意妥協的完美主義者，一個世紀以來他的釀造理念一直毫不妥協地堅持下來。
WA: 98+ Drink Date: 2025 - 2050
Back in 2014, Salon's president Didier Depond was quoted in the press as saying that “since 2008, there has been no genuinely great vintage in Champagne" and that a 2012 from Salon wouldn't be released. But the just-released 2012 Brut Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil shows that he had good reason to change his mind, as to my palate this is, after the 2008, the finest Salon produced this millennium. Unwinding in the glass with notes of citrus oil, wet stones, freshly baked bread, white currants and oyster shell, it's full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a tightly wound core of fruit, racy acids and an elegant pinpoint mousse. Concluding with a long and resonant finish, this is a structured and powerful Salon that's a lot more incisive than, for example, the 2002 at the same stage, but which also carries more muscle and substance than a leaner vintage such as 2007. For readers that have balked at the pricing of the magnum-only 2008, the 2012 isn't far off the latter's level in quality, and will presumably be distributed more conventionally.
