2009 Philipponnat Brut Clos des Goisses Juste Rosé

The 2009 Extra-Brut Clos des Goisses Juste Rosé is showing brilliantly, unfurling in the glass with scents of white cherries, pear, fresh bread, orange oil, papaya and bee pollen. Medium to full-bodied, deep and tightly wound, it's concentrated and incisive, with racy acids, superb mid-palate volume and an elegant pinpoint mousse. It concludes with a bright, penetrating finish. This has everything it needs to age very gracefully indeed. Disgorged in March 2020 with 4.5 grams per liter dosage, it's a blend of 64% Pinot Noir with Chardonnay.

The 2009 Extra-Brut Clos des Goisses Juste Rosé is absolutely gorgeous. In 2009, the Juste Rosé has a bit more body and resonance than normal, which works so well here given that it can be a bit fleeting. Crushed red berries, mint, white pepper and chalk are some of the many aromas and flavors that race through this taut, finely sculpted Rosé from Philipponnat. The 2009 is beautifully done. Dosage is 4.5 grams per liter.

64% Pinot Noir, 36% Chardonnay from the house's famous, steep, revered single-vineyard. Disgorged March 2020. Dosage 4.5 g/l. 2,508 bottles. Quite difficult to tell this rosé from a white, but then it is only 'just rosé'. Very pale bronze. The same ultra-pretty nose as the Cuvée 1522 rosé, but more intense and with a bit more grip and density on the palate. What a stunning wine – and with quite a future too. Very long and beautifully balanced on a tightrope. This wine caresses the palate. How lovely to find such a gentle wine with such a low dosage. Vibrates on the extremely long finish. (JR)