Salon Le Mesnil Blanc De Blancs Champagne

''Salon 2004 the tranquil power of a dormant volcano. PRESENTATION Salon is unique. The fruit of an ambitious idea of a desire to go beyond standard practice and push the boundaries of Champagne. So it was that in the early 1900s Eugene-Aime Salon a man of aesthetic leanings with an obsession for champagne conceived this champagne from a single vintage from a single cru in the heart of the Co;te des Blancs Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and from a single grape variety chardonnay. The miracle of this pioneering Blanc de blancs marked the start of many other miracles for a bottle of Champagne Salon is a masterpiece of complexity created for pleasure pure and simple. THE VINTAGE The 2004 growing season got off to a slow start in Champagne even in Le Mesnil-surOger the legendary terroir of the Co;te des Blancs with its unrivalled balance between sugar and acidity. Despite this the crop looked so abundant that the decision was taken in July to perform a 'green harvest' (thin the cro