blancs made entirely from chardonnay . champagne salon is a small producer of critically acclaimed 1 champagne made in the blanc de blancs style . salon along with delamotte is part of the laurent perrier group since 1989 . it is regarded as one of the greatest champagnes on the market . 2 contents 1 history 2 vineyards and winemaking 3 vintages 4 references 5 external links history edit champagne salon was founded by eug ne aim salon in the early 20th century . salon was convinced that the chardonnay grapes from the le mesnil sur oger vineyards could produce wine with favorable levels of finesse and elegance without the need to add pinot noir or pinot meunier . around the turn of the 20th century salon began producing a chardonnay only cuv e that he shared privately with friends . 3 the first commercial vintage of champagne salon was in 1921 and by 2006 the house has released only 37 vintages under the salon label . 4 following eug ne aim salon s death in 1943 his sister inherited the company which was eventually sold to laurent perrier in 1989 . 5 6 since then salon is effectively part of the combined salon delamotte house . vineyards and winemaking edit the 1997 vintage of champagne salon . salon is made from 100 % chardonnay . its grapes are harvested from various growers in the commune le mesnil sur oger in the c te des blancs subregion of champagne and from a proprietary vineyard known as jardin de salon . while the village wide terms used for classification in the champagne region don t carry the same meaning as in burgundy chablis or alsace le mesnil sur oger is a grand cru rated vineyard area which is the highest of three levels . 7 of the vineyards that produce their champagne salon s own jardin de salon comprises only 1 hectare 2.5 acres of planted grapes . the majority of the grapes for champagne salon comes from the 20 contract growers with vineyards in the le mesnil sur oger . these vines average around 25 years of age with some being as old as 40 . 5 champagne salon is only released under the salon name during exceptional years at the rate of approximately four vintages per decade . 1 undeclared vintages are used for delamotte or simply sold off . 6 according to the salon website their wines are fermented in stainless steel and allowed to age in the bottle for around ten years before release . salon vintages are typically first released after 10 years . like many champagne producers salon will not release an entire vintage at the same time but will hold back a certain amount to spend more time aging on the lees . in 1988 a single bottle from this vintage fetched over five times its estimated amount at a christie s auction . 8 in each vintage no more than 60 000 bottles are produced . 5 one single champagne is produced under the salon label . vintages edit as of march 2014 the most recent salon that has been released is the 2002 and the following vintages of the 1921 to present day period have been released 6 1921 1925 1928 1934 1937 1943 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1951 1952 1953 1955 1959 1961 1964 1966 1969 1971 1973 1976 1979 1982 1983 1985 1988 1990 1995 1996 1997 1999 2002 . vintages of salon awaiting future release are 2004 2006 2007 and 2008 . 9 the 2008 is apparently only going to be released in magnum format 150cl . references edit a b macneil karen 2001 . the wine bible . new york workman publishing . p. 184 . isbn 1 56305 434 5 . brown corie 2007 12 30 . behind the labels champagne price wars . los angeles times . archived from the original on 2008 01 03 . retrieved 2008 01 19 . l. farmer blanc de blancs champagne s golden cuv e the wine news . accessed jan 22nd 2008 wilson daniels house of champagne salon news accessed jan 22nd 2007 a b c s. brook salon secrets decanter magazine september 15th 2004 a b c richard juhlin champagne guide richard juhlin publishing 2008 p. 387 388 isbn 978 91 633 3190 9 b. sanderson trying times in champagne wine spectator december 31st 2005 p. meltzer sunken champagne fetches record price at christie s london sale wine spectator december 31st 1998 http www.salondelamotte.com index.php page salon external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title champagne salon & oldid 674947400 categories champagne producers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisnederlandssvenska edit links this page was last modified on 7 august 2015 at 05 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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