Philipponnat Clos des Goisses Juste Rose 2007 (750ML)

98 WA / 18 JR

Based on the regular Clos des Goisses but blended with a certain percentage of red Pinot Noir from the same vineyard, the 2007 Clos des Goisses Just Rosé Brut has a lovely apricot color and shows a beautifully precise and fruity nose with chalky-mineral notes on the nose. On the palate, this is a highly elegant, refined and complex Rosé with good texture and a very long and complex but also refined finish. Disgorged November 2017. 2,039 bottles made. Tasted April 2018. SR - The Wine Advocate

55% Pinot Noir, 45% Chardonnay. Disgorged November 2017. Dosage 4.5g/l. 6% red wine from Clos des Goisses lieux-dit Valofroys in this. Just 2,039 bottles made. More expensive than the white 2009. Pale copper-tinted white wine colour,  and tiny persistent bead again. Intense nose with strong mushroom savour. And then much fresher on the palate than one expects from the rich, developed, fungal nose. Really very exciting.  On the nose definitely more advanced than the 2009 white but also designed for food - very much a champagne with a story. Long and on the nose definitely a Pinot rosé rather than a tinted white champagne. Jancisrobinson.com