Philipponnat

Clos des Goisses, Brut, 2013

Name: Clos des Goisses, Brut
Brand: Philipponnat
Price: 432.64 GBP

98/100

The Wine Independent

98/100

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A genuinely late vintage for Champagne driven by cool and wet early season weather – conditions that also led to a drastic reduction in yields in the early flowering Clos des Goisses. As time goes on, this “throwback” vintage, recalling years prior to the onset of climate change, is increasingly seen as a valid rival to the much lauded 2012 vintage. Goisses 2013 can certainly hold its head up high next to its slightly older sibling – offering brilliant ripe acidity, crystalline precision, and mouthwatering tension. The extra ripeness afforded by this great site has really given an X factor to this exceptional 2013.

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Critic Reviews

98/100

Sarah Mayo,

The Wine Independent

A finely cut vinous gem, the Philipponnat Clos des Goisses 2013 Extra Brut is imbued with exceptional finesse owing to the cooler, and later 2013 vintage conditions that allowed a smaller than usual crop from an already low-yielding, old vines Clos to ripen slowly and gain tremendous depth and fruit intensity. The final blend of 85% Pinot Noir and 15% Chardonnay has a little more Pinot Noir than usual for the Clos cuvée, and a higher than normal 50% was fermented in oak barrel with no malolactic fermentation. With more than a year of post-disgorgement bottle age at the time of tasting, this 2013 shows gorgeous, honeyed aromas that twine around dense stone fruit, pomegranate, butter pastry and lemon oil with an ephemeral chalky note. The full-bodied, similarly honeyed palate is luminous with supple freshness and satiny acid intensity that seamlessly glides through layers of red fruit on to a very crisp, chalk-laced finish. Exceptional. Disgorged in March 2022, it was finished Extra Brut with a 4.5 gram per liter dosage.

drinking window 2025 - 2045

date of review 11/2023

98/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

The 2013 Extra-Brut Clos des Goisses is fabulous. Readers will have to be patient, as the 2013 is in no mood to show all its cards. The late harvest produced a bristling, intensely saline Clos des Goisses that will require years to be at its best. Even so, its depth, textural resonance and finish are so evocative as to what the future holds. The 2013 is a positively stunning Champagne and one of the best Goisses in recent memory. I can't wait to see how it develops. Dosage is 4.5 grams per liter.

drinking window 2031 - 2053

date of review 07/2022

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