Philipponnat

Blanc de Blancs, 2018

Name: Blanc de Blancs
Brand: Philipponnat
Price: 421.93 GBP

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2018
75cl
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£70.31
2018
6x75cl
DP
£421.93

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Now bottled in a coloured bottle to protect the precious liquid within, Philipponnat’s Blanc de Blancs has truly come of age with this 2018 release. A new label and a new look-and-feel coincide with the finest rendition to date; clean fresh crisp buttery chardonnay aromas, with fine zesty highlights. Riper citrus notes appear with air as sweet minerals flood the palate in this pure, direct, beautifully expressive Blanc de Blancs. A blend of fruit from the Cotes de Blancs and the northern Montagne de Reims, aged in both used oak barrels and steel tanks, disgorged with a dosage of 4.25 grams per litre.

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We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Producer Summary

Philipponnat grows 20 hectares of Premier and Grand Cru vineyards in the outstanding communes of Ay, Mareuil and Avenay. Pinot Noir is king here and represents two thirds of their plantings. The winery is located just a stones through away from the iconic Clos de Goisses vineyard above the historic 18th century cellars of Chateau de Mareuil, where bottles are still aged and riddled manually (including all the vintage cuvees). A proportion of their wines are vinified and aged in oak barrels and malolactic fermentations are generally avoided. Ageing sur lie runs from three to eleven years and dosage levels are low.

Vintage

The summer of 2018 was the driest on record, with virtually no rain from midJune until the harvest, and then again until the end of October. The harvest begins on 27 August, three days after the official departure date from Mareuilsur-Ay, and ends on 8 September. The quality of the harvest was generally satisfactory, with yields sometimes exceeding 12,000 kg/ha, which is not surprising given the very favourable weather conditions throughout the year.

Vinyards

100% Chardonnay from the villages of Avenay, Chouilly, Oger, Vertus and Trépail. First press juice from exclusively Premier and Grand Cru plots.

Winemaking

Traditional vinification to avoid premature oxidation. Partial malolactic fermentation for wines in vats, vinification without malolactic fermentation for wines produced in wooden barrels (38%). Extra-Brut dosage (4.25 g/l) to maintain the balance between freshness and richness, without masking the wine's character or purity. Aged for six years to achieve the greatest complexity in the wine and to bring out the secondary and tertiary aromas, evidence of the prolonged ageing on the lees

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.