Philipponnat, Clos des Goisses Juste Rose other_regions_italy This is one wine where

This is one wine where I have encountered better bottles

This reaches 15% alcohol

Jean-Louis and Gerard Chave opened a bottle of the 2003 Hermitage Blanc to give me an idea of how this vintage is aging

Chewy and impressively concentrated

Philipponnat, Clos des Goisses Juste Rose other_regions_italy This is one wine whereDisgorged in November 2017, the 2007 Extra Brut Clos des Goisses Juste Ros continues to show brilliantly, unwinding in the glass with an attractive bouquet that mingles notes of red berries, cherries and apple with nuances of cut flowers, fresh bread and spices, without the riper, tropical top notes found in the 2008. On the palate, the wine is full bodied, satiny textured and multidimensional, with extraordinary concentration, an incisive spine of