Philipponnat Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs 2018 Grape_Blaufrankisch and a conviction that Saint-Aubin

and a conviction that Saint-Aubin deserves more serious treatment than it typically receives

30% Savagnin

which is bone dry

the vineyard the family planted on a remote ridge above Occidental at a time when almost nobody was farming that far west

The Clos des Carmes is a 2

Philipponnat Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs 2018 Grape_Blaufrankisch and a conviction that Saint-AubinThe Land Philipponnat is a Pinot Noir house. The family has farmed A and Mareuil sur A since 1522, and its best known site, the Clos des Goisses, is a due south chalk wall pitched at 45 degrees above the Marne. A Blanc de Blancs from this address is therefore a deliberate step away from home ground. The Chardonnay comes from Grand and Premier Cru chalk elsewhere in the region: Chouilly and Oger in the Cte des Blancs, Vertus at its southern end, and