Philipponnat

Royale Réserve, Brut, NV

Name: Royale Réserve, Brut
Brand: Philipponnat
Price: 96.41 GBP

93/100

The Wine Independent

89/100

Vinous

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NV
37.5cl
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£26.50
NV
12x37.5cl
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£318.02
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NV
75cl
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£49.40
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75cl
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£49.40
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6x75cl
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£296.42
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6x75cl
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1.5L
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£308.42

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Philipponnat’s Royale Réserve bottlings offer up the signature Philipponnat traits of power and vibrancy – the perfect introduction to the house style. Both Brut and Non Dosé cuvées are a blend of 65% Pinot Noir and 35% Chardonnay with up to a third of the blend coming from two separate ‘perpetual reserves’, the subject of much recent innovation at Philipponnat. The Brut NV opens with a nose of crisp citrus, summer berries and fine biscuit aromas, the palate vinous yet high definition, with complex red fruit notes and gentle toast on the finish. Surprisingly long and complete for an NV cuvee, with a wonderfully refined mousse of the finest bead, this delivers a huge amount of pleasure and class– as you’d expect from the signature bottling from one of Champagne’s smartest addresses. Dosage 8 grams. Base Vintage 2012.

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When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

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.

The Journey

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.

Further Reassurance

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.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

89/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

The NV Brut Royale Réserve is a fine introduction to the range. Citrus, white flowers, chalk and white pepper confer notable energy. Pretty floral notes lift the finish in this charming NV offering. This release is based on 2020, with the addition of 39% reserve wines. Dosage is 8 grams per liter, but that is not especially evident. Disgorged: January 2024.

drinking window 2024 - 2032

date of review 03/2024

93/100

Sarah Mayo,

The Wine Independent

Based on the 2019 vintage with 34% of solera reserve wines that were aged in cask, the Philipponnat Royale Reserve Brut NV is a blend of 67% Pinot Noir, 31% Chardonnay and 2% Pinot Meunier aged for three years, was disgorged in January 2023 and finished with an eight gram per liter dosage. Incredibly fresh and fragrant aromas of lemon cream wafers, quince, raspberry coulis, orange marmalade and butter sable biscuits flow into an elegant, light to medium-bodied palate revealing fresh orchard fruits and chalk amid a shimmering acid brightness and a wonderfully fine, precise finish.

drinking window 2023 - 2030

date of review 11/2023

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Pinot Noir/Chardonnay/Pinot Meunier

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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.