Philipponnat Champagne Extra Brut Clos des Goisses
Tasted 22 July 2025
France · Champagne
A strong red apple flesh flavor dominates the profile, with burnished and brassy lemon/grilled lemon, yellow apple, walnut, red cherry, red grape, limestone, wet grated ginger, bark, and hints of 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…
