Philipponnat

Cuvée 1522, FOC, 2007

Name: Cuvée 1522, FOC
Brand: Philipponnat
Price: 12020.41 GBP

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2007
75cl
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2007
6x75cl
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A wonderful nose of brioche, savoury bready notes and fine pastry that morphs into aromas of essential citrus oil, fresh porcini, golden fruit and autumnal leaves. Cuvee 1522 is every bit the prestige cuvee, a blend of entirely Grand Cru vineyard fruit – the Pinot Noir from the house’s historic plots in Le Leon in Ay, the Chardonnay from Mesnil-Sur-Oger and Oger. Before disgorgement each bottle spends a full 8 years in the Philipponnat cellars, no doubt contributing to the exceptional complexity and rich, dry persistence in this cuvee. For all that is going on, there’s a wonderful freshness and purity of direction with a chalky minerality, and the sort of refined bead and mousse that only extended ageing sur lie can produce. A tour de force.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

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.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

90/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

The 2007 Cuvée 1522 is an excellent choice for drinking now and over the next handful of years. Apricot, pineapple, pastry, chamomile, brioche and vanillin notes give the 2007 much of its racy, flamboyant personality. I don't see the 2007 as being especially ageworthy, but it is quite inviting today. Dosage is 4.5 grams per liter. Disgorged September 2016.

drinking window 2017 - 2025

date of review 07/2017

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Pinot Noir/Chardonnay

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12%

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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.