Philipponnat, Grand Blanc Vintage Size:6x750ml Gaja’s wines are often immensely

Gaja’s wines are often immensely appealing when young – which is certainly the case with the 2007s – but then close down in bottle for a number of years

supported by dark cassis fruits and black pepper with cherry in depth

It has wonderful intensity

there are no single vineyard wines

this is one very serious wine where plenty of patience will again be required

Philipponnat, Grand Blanc Vintage Size:6x750ml Gaja’s wines are often immenselyThe 2008 Extra Brut Grand Blanc offers lovely depth and textural resonance. Bright and nicely focused, the 2008 shows all of the energy of the year, with a touch of mid palate richness that makes it easy to drink now. Pastry, butter, vanillin and orchard fruit add nuance to a forward, racy Champagne endowed with real substance. The Grand Blanc is a blend of fruit from Grauves, Trepaille, Avenay Val dOr, Vertus and Mareuil sur A. Dosage is 4. 25 grams