Philipponnat Champagne Brut Grand Cru 1522 2015 1.5Ltr

Made only from Grand Cru sites, the 2015 Champagne 1522 is spicy with a perfume of ginger and white pepper, Mirabel plum, and incense. It delivers ripeness through the palate, with a pillowy mousse and notes of raw honey and toast. It is certainly a generous wine, though it retains freshness. Drink 2022-2037.

• Country: France
• Region: Champagne
• Size: 1.5Ltr

Varietal

Champagne Blend

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn’t unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as ‘blanc de blanc’, meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or ‘blanc de noir’, which is made solely with Pinot Noir.