Philipponnat

The Philipponnat vineyards are predominantly planted with Pinot Noir and are located in the heart of the Premiers and Grands Crus appellations from the south of the Montagne de Reims : Mareuil sur Aÿ, Aÿ, Avenay, and Mutigny. Each vineyard bears an evocative name: Remissonne, 28 verges, La Dure, l'Ecluse, la Croix des Goisses, Buisson Saint-Loup, les Valofroy...

The most famed vineyard owned by Philipponat is Clos des Goisses. Clos des Goisses is a five and a half hectare site where a number of rare qualities coincide to produce an exceptional wine in which the House rightly takes pride. Overlooking the Marne, a south-facing hillside is divided into plots of land encircled with walls and accessed by small stone-steps, such is the steepness of the slope. All work is performed by hand on this unique site. Receiving the maximum possible amount of sunshine, the grapes there reach a superior maturity, proof of a strong, complex and extremely mineral wine, which can age for more than 30 years.

Philipponat only use the first press of juice as all the other presses will be used by its second label. All vintage wines will normally have 50% of the wine fermented in oak barrel.