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Wine Description
The Story
Founded in 1830, the Champagne Philippe Gonet is located in the heart of Le Mesnilsur-Oger. The 20 hectares of family vineyard are spread over 35 plots planted in 8 villages different.
This champagne is defined by the exclusive and confi dential selection of grand cru Chardonnays from Mesnil-sur-Oger, where certain vines were planted in 1929. A harvest that takes no shortcuts, this cuvée owes its name to the fossils, the belemnite rostrums, which line the soil. This champagne is the perfect expression of the chalky terroir that bore it. The wine rests for at least 6 years in our cellars, and has an extra-brut level of dryness.
The Philippe Gonet style combines minerality and pleasure. Our vines all benefit from legendary terroir made up of limestone subsoil, rich in fossils, 40 meters deep, formed more than 100 million ago years. This terroir is worked insecticide-free, herbicide-free, and with organic fertilizer.
Soil: Chalk
Elevation: 50m to 150m
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
Plot: 100% Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Grand Cru
Aging: 6 months in thermo-regulated stainless steel or resin epoxy tanks 6 months followed by 7 years in the bottle at a constant 12°C in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Alcohol Content: 12%
References:
Guy Savoy *** in Paris
Les Crayères ** in Reims
The Champenoise Plate *** at Reims
Per Se *** in New York
The Clarence ** in Paris
Vintage 2009
This warm year started with a cold winter and mild spring temperatures. Early summer was variable but August and September provided ample sunshine and warmth contributing to fine grape health. Pinot Noir especially excelled. Grape harvest, of generally high sugar content yet soft acidity, started on September 8th. 2009 is a year of generous wines that showed well early. An apt example of a vintage of the recent era, in which retaining freshness poses more problems than attaining ripeness. Good grape health contributed to the overall quality, and despite the richness of the wines, heaviness did not end up being an issue. There is quite some heterogenity amongst the year's produce but the best seem truly age-worthy. The vintage's finest include Louis Roederer Cristal and Cristal Rosé, Dom Pérignon and Philipponnat Clos des Goisses.