Philipponnat Champagne Le Leon Extra Brut 2006
It is in the best areas of the Philipponnat vineyard that are home to the cuvée parcels of the Maison. The grapes selected for processing the Léon come from the historic grounds of the Maison, classified as Premier Cru and Grands Cru. These white wines obtained from milled black grapes are aged for at least seven years in the cellar. Their extra-brut dosage allows them to express all the complexity and aromatic richness.
SKU
IO11215
€149.88
Caratteristiche
Vintage 2006
Wine zones 100% Pinot Nero
Alcol 12.00%
Format 0,75 L Standard
Features
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Dresses of brilliant gold color. |
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A good structure with a creamy attack and a length in the mouth intense and greedy. This vintage of soft nature features citrus notes, white pepper, sweet paprika and wild strawberries, typical of the minerality of Ay territory. |
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A powerful nose combining the notes of ripe citric fruits, cocoa and spice pan that remembers the fire of wood. |
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Creating an elegant arrangement with seafood and iodized fish, this wine also forms sublime alliances with Bellota or Cecina ham, and perfectly accompanies the roast lamb, roe deer and washed crusty cheeses. |
More details
| Type | Pinot Nero |
| Classification | AOC Champagne |
| Temperature | 6-8 |
| Location | 100% of Pinot Noir from the only plot of the village "Le Léon" in Ay. |
| Vinification | Traditional vinification that avoids premature oxidation and malolactic fermentation. |
| Production | 45% of the wines are fermented in wood. Extra-brut dosage (4.25g / l) to maintain the balance between freshness and vinosity without removing the character of the wine and its purity. |
| Aging | Aging of at least seven years in the cellars of the Maison at a constant temperature (12 ° C) to obtain maximum complexity and to highlight the secondary and tertiary aromas of wine, signs of prolonged aging on yeasts. |
| Perlage | Fine and creamy bollicos, persistent ring. |
Ulteriori dettagli
| Location | 100% of Pinot Noir from the only plot of the village "Le Léon" in Ay. |
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| Climate | N/A |
| Produzione annua | 0 |
| Harvest | N/A |
| Sistema allevamento | N/A |
| Tecnica produzione | N/A |
| Periodo fermentazione | N/A |
| Affinamento | N/A |
Address: 13, rue du Pont - Mareuil-sur-Ay (France)
Web site: http://www.philipponnat.com/
Year of starter: 1522
Winemaker:
Produced bottles:
Hectares: 20
It was in 1935 that Pierre Philipponnat acquired their crown jewel: the Clos des Goisses vineyard. It’s 5.5 hectares of steeply sloping, south-facing vineyard (now 3.5 ha Pinot Noir, 2 ha Chardonnay, but back in 1964 it was exclusively Chardonnay), and makes one of the region’s most remarkable single-vineyard wines. With its thinly topped pure chalky soils and an average growing season temperature of 1.5 °C higher than the rest of Champagne, this clos is a special site, and the wine from it is truly remarkable.
Philipponnat is primarily a Pinot Noir house, and its vineyards are in prime Pinot Noir territory: Mareuil sur Aÿ, Aÿ, Avenay, and Mutigny. However, all cuvées contain at least 30% Chardonnay for freshness. Its 20 hectares of vineyards represent about a third of its total needs, with the rest being bought in from growers.
In the 1990s, Philipponnat’s reputation began to slip (it passed from family ownership and became part of the Marie-Brizard drinks group in the 1970s), and in 1997 the house was acquired by Bruno Paillard and became part of Lanson-Boizel-Chanoine Champagne Group. Charles Philipponnat, grandson of Auguste, and who had been working at Moët, was brought in to run the house in 1999. Production is currently around 600–700 000 bottles a year and quality is impeccable across the range.
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