Philipponnat Champagne Brut Reserve Perpetuelle NV JULY42024 38% Chardonnay and 11% Meunier

38% Chardonnay and 11% Meunier

with 45% pinot noir and the rest pinot meunier

and luminous vodka

raspberry seeds

Philipponnat Champagne Brut Reserve Perpetuelle NV JULY42024 38% Chardonnay and 11% MeunierThis 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