Clos des Goisses, Brut, LV, 2000
These are very rare, released in editions of just a few hundred bottles a time, disgorged after 24 years sur lie in Philipponnat’s deep cellars. It offers a stunning combination of maturity and freshness, one that can only come from combining exceptional initial champagne, with patience. Ripe fruit, spice, and a combination of breadth and levity that only truly great champagne can achieve. A wine for the table, this will be a shape shifting beauty to follow right down to the very last drop of the bottle.
critic reviews
The 2000 Extra-Brut Clos des Goisses L.V. is every bit as compelling as it was last year. The 2000 is a terrific choice for drinking now and over the next decade or so. Baked apple tart, brioche, pear, tangerine oil and light tropical inflections all race from the glass. The creamy, resonant palate is a thing of beauty. The 2000 is gently aged but also wonderfully fresh—in other words, everything a Champagne of its age should be.
Fully in the sweet spot, ready to share. White truffles, soft baking spice, brioche, candied orange, saffron, tobacco leaf, crushed elderflowers, preserved lemons and nectarine pit. A beautiful Champagne that is fully in its gourmet, vinous stage. 4.5g/l dosage. Charles Philipponnat first vintage, less than 1,000 bottles on this release, fermented half stainless steel and half in Burgundy barrels.