Philipponnat Champagne Extra Brut Clos des Goisses
Tasted 9 December 2025
France · Champagne
As with the bottle back in July, this is a riper showing than more energized samples a couple years ago. Red apple flesh, chewy grilled lemon, yellow apple skin and flesh, walnut, limestone, ginger, bark, and honey.…
This is a seductive sample, with a creeping cadence that slowly unfolds flavors of poached pear, red apple flesh, cherry water, olive oil, grilled apricot and lemon, and olive oil.
Similar in profile to the 2008 Cintres, this 2006 is an absolute stunner of a wine. Perfectly cadenced flavors of ripe red and yellow apple, ginger, honey, poached pear, limestone, olive oil, grilled…
In a word: beautiful. From the tenderloin (as in, the best and tenderest part of a loin, not the worst part of S.F.) of Clos des Goisses, the Cintres is seemingly the pinnacle of the Philipponnant…
