Champagne Philipponnat - Cuvée 1522 Grand Cru Extra Brut 2015 If you only have room

If you only have room for one glass in your collection

Mercurey or Bouzeron

After a spell of skin contact and gentle pressing

unusual in Rioja where most wine is done by purchasing grapes from small producers

The effort to clear the land was a family affair involving John’s daughter Kristi and her husband Shawn

Champagne Philipponnat - Cuvée 1522 Grand Cru Extra Brut 2015 If you only have roomPhilipponnat crafts its wines using exclusively first press juice from the finest grapes, mainly from Premier and Grand Cru plots, and is committed to harvesting grapes when they reach greater maturity than the average in the Champagne wine growing region. A portion of the wines is fermented or matured in casks, which is exceptional for Champagne; aging in wood gives them greater complexity without in any way coarsening them. Wines are aged in the