Philipponnat Champagne Brut Reserve Perpetuelle NV CALIOTHER alongside a touch of almond

alongside a touch of almond

Expect the baked orchard fruit

Cassis comes through with soft cherry hints and a rounded fruitiness

herbs and minerals

Philipponnat Champagne Brut Reserve Perpetuelle NV CALIOTHER alongside a touch of almondThis is the Champagne formerly known as Royale Rserve Philipponnat renamed it to put the actual method on the label. The perpetual reserve is a solera: a portion of every vintage goes into wooden barrels that already hold every vintage before it, so each bottle carries a thread running back through decades of the house's history. Roughly half the blend here is reserve wine, Pinot Noir dominant with Chardonnay and a touch of Meunier, then aged three