Philipponnat ‘Sublime Sec’ Premier Cru 2009

Sublime Reserve is a dry Blanc de Blancs specifically developed to accompany haute cuisine. This pure Chardonnay, blended from the best vintage years, is distinctive for its slight acidity which gives it a certain freshness and highlights its aromas of white fruit, butter and honey.

Sublime Reserve Sec is the ideal champagne to bring out the full potential of creamy dishes and foie gras and to enhance Asian cuisine and light pastries.

100% Chardonnay. First press juice of mainly Grand and Premier Cru Chardonnay grapes.

Vinified using traditional methods to avoid premature oxidation. A portion of the wine is produced without malolactic fermentation, and without the use of wooden barrels in order to preserve its overall natural freshness and improve the aging potential. The dosage of 30 g/litre does not mask the wine's character or pleasant acidity.

Aged for 6 to 8 years in order to obtain the characteristic roundness of old Chardonnay wines.

One of the most underrated champagnes in our humble opinion. Philipponnat is a house of outstanding quality from their entry level Royale Reserve Brut all the way through to their iconic Clos des Goisses Vintages. This premium producer picks fruit with maximum ripeness and focus on pinot noir fruit with power. All this ripeness is balanced with a long, cool fermentation and some wines being blocked from malolactic fermentation, whilst being fermented in oak barrels. Careful blending of base wines complete the work of art on non-vintage cuvees with approximately 30% of reserve wines being added.

Reserve wines are aged in a perpetual Solera system with new wines being added to older wines every year, continuously adding more complexity and depth to young cuvees.