Philipponnat, Clos des Goisses Juste Rose Vintage:2008 This is certainly good but

This is certainly good but 2017 is not a great vintage for this wine

with little destemming and the wines spending up to two years in older barrels and foudre

lees and buttered toast

(a blend of fruit coming from 35+ and 75+ year old vines in Charmes Dessus

these represent the pinnacle of Cote Rotie—albeit in very different styles

Philipponnat, Clos des Goisses Juste Rose Vintage:2008 This is certainly good butDisgorged in November 2017, the 2007 Extra Brut Clos des Goisses Juste Ros continues to show brilliantly, unwinding in the glass with an attractive bouquet that mingles notes of red berries, cherries and apple with nuances of cut flowers, fresh bread and spices, without the riper, tropical top notes found in the 2008. On the palate, the wine is full bodied, satiny textured and multidimensional, with extraordinary concentration, an incisive spine of